[Propertalk] READINGS for the SEVENTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST
Charles Wohlers
chadwohl at satucket.com
Sun Jul 12 21:21:55 EDT 2009
The following are the readings for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July
19, (Proper 11, ECUSA; Proper 16, RCL & Roman Catholic) according to the
Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman Catholic, Church of England,
and Canadian (BAS) Lectionaries. All readings are taken from the New Revised
Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. Unless noted otherwise, the
lectionaries of ECUSA, Canada and England are identical to the RCL this
Sunday.
OLD TESTAMENT: 2 Samuel 7: 1 - 14a (RCL)
2Sam 7:1 (NRSV) Now when the king was settled in his house, and the LORD had
given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 the king said to the
prophet Nathan, "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of
God stays in a tent." 3 Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that you have
in mind; for the LORD is with you."
4 But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan: 5 Go and tell my
servant David: Thus says the LORD: Are you the one to build me a house to
live in? 6 I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people
of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and
a tabernacle. 7 Wherever I have moved about among all the people of Israel,
did I ever speak a word with any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I
commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, "Why have you not built me a
house of cedar?" 8 Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David:
Thus says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the
sheep to be prince over my people Israel; 9 and I have been with you
wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I
will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the
earth. 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant
them, so that they may live in their own place, and be disturbed no more;
and evildoers shall afflict them no more, as formerly, 11 from the time that
I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all
your enemies. Moreover the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you
a house. 12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your
ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth
from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house
for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I
will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me.
2 Samuel 11: 1 - 15 (Can. BAS)
2Sam 11:1 (NRSV) In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to
battle, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel with him; they
ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was
walking about on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a
woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful. 3 David sent someone to inquire
about the woman. It was reported, "This is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam, the
wife of Uriah the Hittite." 4 So David sent messengers to get her, and she
came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her
period.) Then she returned to her house. 5 The woman conceived; and she sent
and told David, "I am pregnant."
6 So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent
Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the
people fared, and how the war was going. 8 Then David said to Uriah, "Go
down to your house, and wash your feet." Uriah went out of the king's house,
and there followed him a present from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the
entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not
go down to his house. 10 When they told David, "Uriah did not go down to his
house," David said to Uriah, "You have just come from a journey. Why did you
not go down to your house?" 11 Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and
Judah remain in booths; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are
camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink,
and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do
such a thing." 12 Then David said to Uriah, "Remain here today also, and
tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day. On
the next day, 13 David invited him to eat and drink in his presence and made
him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the
servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of
Uriah. 15 In the letter he wrote, "Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest
fighting, and then draw back from him, so that he may be struck down and
die."
Jeremiah 23: 1 - 6 (Roman Catholic, alt. for RCL)
Jere 23:1 (NRSV) Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of
my pasture! says the LORD. 2 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of
Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have
scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to
them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the LORD. 3 Then I
myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have
driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be
fruitful and multiply. 4 I will raise up shepherds over them who will
shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall
any be missing, says the LORD.
5 The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up for David
a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall
execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be
saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will
be called: "The LORD is our righteousness."
PSALM 89: 20 - 37 (RCL)
Psal 89:20 (NRSV) I have found my servant David;
with my holy oil I have anointed him;
21 my hand shall always remain with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him,
the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;
and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, "You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation!'
27 I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
and my covenant with him will stand firm.
29 I will establish his line forever,
and his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my ordinances,
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with scourges;
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love,
or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant,
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 His line shall continue forever,
and his throne endure before me like the sun.
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
an enduring witness in the skies." [Se'lah]
Psalm 89: Part II Tunc locutus es (ECUSA BCP)
20 I have found David my servant; *
with my holy oil have I anointed him.
21 My hand will hold him fast *
and my arm will make him strong.
22 No enemy shall deceive him, *
nor any wicked man bring him down.
23 I will crush his foes before him *
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and love shall be with him, *
and he shall be victorious through my Name.
25 I shall make his dominion extend *
from the Great Sea to the River.
26 He will say to me, “You are my Father, *
my God, and the rock of my salvation.’
27 I will make him my firstborn *
and higher than the kings of the earth.
28 I will keep my love for him for ever, *
and my covenant will stand firm for him.
29 I will establish his line for ever *
and his throne as the days of heaven.”
30 “If his children forsake my law *
and do not walk according to my judgments;
31 If they break my statutes *
and do not keep my commandments;
32 I will punish their transgressions with a rod *
and their iniquities with the lash;
33 But I will not take my love from him, *
nor let my faithfulness prove false.
34 I will not break my covenant, *
nor change what has gone out of my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn by my holiness: *
‘I will not lie to David.
36 His line shall endure for ever *
and his throne as the sun before me;
37 It shall stand fast for evermore like the moon, *
the abiding witness in the sky.’”
53 Dixit insipiens (Can. BAS)
1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” *
All are corrupt and commit abominable acts;
there is none who does any good.
2 God looks down from heaven upon us all, *
to see if there is any who is wise,
if there is one who seeks after God.
3 Every one has proved faithless;
all alike have turned bad; *
there is none who does good; no, not one.
4 Have they no knowledge, those evildoers *
who eat up my people like bread
and do not call upon God?
5 See how greatly they tremble,
such trembling as never was; *
for God has scattered the bones of the enemy;
they are put to shame, because God has rejected them.
6 Oh, that Israel's deliverance would come out of Zion! *
when God restores the fortunes of his people
Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad.
Psalm 23 (Roman Catholic, alt. for RCL)
Psal 23:1 (NRSV) The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
3 he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff--
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
my whole life long.
23 Dominus regit me (ECUSA BCP)
1 The Lord is my shepherd; *
I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures *
and leads me beside still waters.
3 He revives my soul *
and guides me along right pathways for his Name's sake.
4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I shall fear no evil; *
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 You spread a table before me in the presence of those
who trouble me; *
you have anointed my head with oil,
and my cup is running over.
6 Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days
of my life, *
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
NEW TESTAMENT: Ephesians 2: 11 - 22 (RCL)
Ephesians 2: 13 - 18 (Roman
Catholic)
Ephe 2:11 (NRSV) So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth,
called "the uncircumcision" by those who are called "the circumcision"--a
physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands-- 12 remember that
you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of
Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and
without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far
off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace;
in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the
dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us. 15 He has abolished the
law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself
one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might
reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to
death that hostility through it. 17 So he came and proclaimed peace to you
who were far off and peace to those who were near; 18 for through him both
of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer
strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members
of the household of God, 20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. 21 In him the whole
structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in
whom you also are built together spiritually {Gk [in the Spirit]} into a
dwelling place for God.
GOSPEL: Mark 6: 30 - 34, 53 - 56 (RCL)
Mark 6: 30 - 34 (Roman Catholic, Can. BAS)
Mark 6:30 (NRSV) The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that
they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, "Come away to a deserted place
all by yourselves and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and
they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And they went away in the boat to a
deserted place by themselves. 33 Now many saw them going and recognized
them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of
them. 34 As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for
them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach
them many things.
53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennes'aret and moored
the boat. 54 When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him,
55 and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to
wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he went, into villages or cities
or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they
might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were
healed.
Chad Wohlers
East Bridgewater, Mass. USA
chadwohl at satucket.com
cwohlers at bridgew.edu
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