[Propertalk] READINGS for the NINETEENTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST

[Charles Wohlers]

The following are the readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 3, (Proper 22) according to the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman Catholic, Canadian BAS, and the Church of England (Common Worship) lectionaries. All readings are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. Unless noted otherwise, the ECUSA, Canadian and C of E lectionaries are identical to the RCL for this day.



OLD TESTAMENT: Lamentations 1: 1 - 6 (RCL) 

Lame 1:1 (NRSV) How lonely sits the city 
that once was full of people! 
How like a widow she has become, 
she that was great among the nations! 
She that was a princess among the provinces 
has become a vassal. 
2 She weeps bitterly in the night, 
with tears on her cheeks; 
among all her lovers 
she has no one to comfort her; 
all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, 
they have become her enemies. 
3 Judah has gone into exile with suffering 
and hard servitude; 
she lives now among the nations, 
and finds no resting place; 
her pursuers have all overtaken her 
in the midst of her distress. 
4 The roads to Zion mourn, 
for no one comes to the festivals; 
all her gates are desolate, 
her priests groan; 
her young girls grieve, 
and her lot is bitter. 
5 Her foes have become the masters, 
her enemies prosper, 
because the LORD has made her suffer 
for the multitude of her transgressions; 
her children have gone away, 
captives before the foe. 
6 From daughter Zion has departed 
all her majesty. 
Her princes have become like stags 
that find no pasture; 
they fled without strength 
before the pursuer. 


Habakkuk 1: 1 - 4; 2: 1 - 4 (alt. for RCL) 
Habakkuk 1: 2 - 3; 2: 2 - 4 (Roman Catholic) 

Haba 1:1 (NRSV) The oracle that the prophet Habak'kuk saw. 
2 O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, 
and you will not listen? 
Or cry to you "Violence!" 
and you will not save? 
3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing 
and look at trouble? 
Destruction and violence are before me; 
strife and contention arise. 
4 So the law becomes slack 
and justice never prevails. 
The wicked surround the righteous-- 
therefore judgment comes forth perverted. 

2:1 I will stand at my watchpost, 
and station myself on the rampart; 
I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, 
and what he will answer concerning my complaint. 
2 Then the LORD answered me and said: 
Write the vision; 
make it plain on tablets, 
so that a runner may read it. 
3 For there is still a vision for the appointed time; 
it speaks of the end, and does not lie. 
If it seems to tarry, wait for it; 
it will surely come, it will not delay. 
4 Look at the proud! 
Their spirit is not right in them, 
but the righteous live by their faith. 


Amos 5: 6 - 7, 10 - 15   (Can. BAS)

Amos 5:6 (NRSV) Seek the LORD and live, 
or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire, 
and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it. 
7 Ah, you that turn justice to wormwood, 
and bring righteousness to the ground! 

10 They hate the one who reproves in the gate, 
and they abhor the one who speaks the truth. 
11 Therefore because you trample on the poor 
and take from them levies of grain, 
you have built houses of hewn stone, 
but you shall not live in them; 
you have planted pleasant vineyards, 
but you shall not drink their wine. 
12 For I know how many are your transgressions, 
and how great are your sins- 
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, 
and push aside the needy in the gate. 
13 Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time; 
for it is an evil time. 
14 Seek good and not evil, 
that you may live; 
and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, 
just as you have said. 
15 Hate evil and love good, 
and establish justice in the gate; 
it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, 
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. 


PSALM: Lamentation 3: 19 - 26 (RCL) 

Lame 3:19 (NRSV) The thought of my affliction and my homelessness 
is wormwood and gall! 
20 My soul continually thinks of it 
and is bowed down within me. 
21 But this I call to mind, 
and therefore I have hope: 
22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, 
his mercies never come to an end; 
23 they are new every morning; 
great is your faithfulness. 
24 "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, 
"therefore I will hope in him." 
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, 
to the soul that seeks him. 
26 It is good that one should wait quietly 
for the salvation of the LORD. 


Psalm 37: 1 - 9   (alt. for RCL)

Psal 37:1 (NRSV) Do not fret because of the wicked; 
do not be envious of wrongdoers, 
2 for they will soon fade like the grass, 
and wither like the green herb. 
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; 
so you will live in the land, and enjoy security. 
4 Take delight in the LORD, 
and he will give you the desires of your heart. 
5 Commit your way to the LORD; 
trust in him, and he will act. 
6 He will make your vindication shine like the light, 
and the justice of your cause like the noonday. 
7 Be still before the LORD, and wait patiently for him; 
do not fret over those who prosper in their way, 
over those who carry out evil devices. 
8 Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath. 
Do not fret-it leads only to evil. 
9 For the wicked shall be cut off, 
but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land. 

Note : verse numbering in your Psalter may be different from the above


Psalm 137 (alt. for RCL) 

Psal 137:1 (NRSV) By the rivers of Babylon-- 
there we sat down and there we wept 
when we remembered Zion. 
2 On the willows there 
we hung up our harps. 
3 For there our captors 
asked us for songs, 
and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, 
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" 
4 How could we sing the LORD's song 
in a foreign land? 
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, 
let my right hand wither! 
6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, 
if I do not remember you, 
if I do not set Jerusalem 
above my highest joy. 
7 Remember, O LORD, against the E'domites 
the day of Jerusalem's fall, 
how they said, "Tear it down! Tear it down! 
Down to its foundations!" 
8 O daughter Babylon, you devastator! 
Happy shall they be who pay you back 
what you have done to us! 
9 Happy shall they be who take your little ones 
and dash them against the rock! 


Psalm 101   (Can. BAS)

Psal 101:1 (NRSV) I will sing of loyalty and of justice; 
to you, O LORD, I will sing. 
2 I will study the way that is blameless. 
When shall I attain it? 
I will walk with integrity of heart 
within my house; 
3 I will not set before my eyes 
anything that is base. 
I hate the work of those who fall away; 
it shall not cling to me. 
4 Perverseness of heart shall be far from me; 
I will know nothing of evil. 
5 One who secretly slanders a neighbor 
I will destroy. 
A haughty look and an arrogant heart 
I will not tolerate. 
6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, 
so that they may live with me; 
whoever walks in the way that is blameless 
shall minister to me. 
7 No one who practices deceit 
shall remain in my house; 
no one who utters lies 
shall continue in my presence. 
8 Morning by morning I will destroy 
all the wicked in the land, 
cutting off all evildoers 
from the city of the LORD. 



Psalm 95: 1 - 2, 6 - 9 (Roman Catholic) 

Psal 95:1 (NRSV) O come, let us sing to the LORD; 
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 
2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; 
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 

6 O come, let us worship and bow down, 
let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! 
7 For he is our God, 
and we are the people of his pasture, 
and the sheep of his hand. 
O that today you would listen to his voice! 
8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Mer'ibah, 
as on the day at Mas'sah in the wilderness, 
9 when your ancestors tested me, 
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. 


NEW TESTAMENT: 2 Timothy 1: 1 - 14   (RCL) 
                                    2 Timothy 1: 6 - 8, 13 - 14   (Roman Catholic) 

2Tim 1:1 (NRSV) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, 
2 To Timothy, my beloved child: 
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 
3 I am grateful to God--whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did--when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lo'is and your mother Eu'nice and now, I am sure, lives in you. 6 For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; 7 for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. 
8 Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God, 9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, 10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 11 For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher, 12 and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him. 13 Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us. 


GOSPEL: Luke 17: 5 - 10   (all) 

Luke 17:5 (NRSV) The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" 6 The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. 
7 "Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, "Come here at once and take your place at the table'? 8 Would you not rather say to him, "Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink'? 9 Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, "We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!'" 


Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, Vermont    USA
chadwohl at satucket.com
cwohlers at bridgew.edu
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