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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The following are the readings for the Sixth Sunday
of Easter, May 9, 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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>FIRST READING: Acts 16: 9 - 15 (RCL) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Acts 16:9 (NRSV) During the night Paul had a
vision: there stood a man of Macedo'nia pleading with him and saying, "Come over
to Macedo'nia and help us." 10 When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried
to cross over to Macedo'nia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim
the good news to them. <BR>11 We set sail from Tro'as and took a straight course
to Sam'othrace, the following day to Neap'olis, 12 and from there to Philip'pi,
which is a leading city of the district of Macedo'nia and a Roman colony. We
remained in this city for some days. 13 On the sabbath day we went outside the
gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat
down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. 14 A certain woman named
Lyd'ia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of
Thyati'ra and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen
eagerly to what was said by Paul. 15 When she and her household were baptized,
she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come
and stay at my home." And she prevailed upon us. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Acts 15: 1 - 2, 22 - 29 (Roman Catholic, Can. BAS) </DIV>
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<DIV>Acts 15:1 (NRSV) Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were
teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of
Moses, you cannot be saved." 2 And after Paul and Bar'nabas had no small
dissension and debate with them, Paul and Bar'nabas and some of the others were
appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question with the apostles and
the elders. <BR>22 Then the apostles and the elders, with the consent of the
whole church, decided to choose men from among their members and to send them to
An'tioch with Paul and Bar'nabas. They sent Judas called Barsab'bas, and Silas,
leaders among the brothers, 23 with the following letter: "The brothers, both
the apostles and the elders, to the believers of Gentile origin in An'tioch and
Syria and Cili'cia, greetings. 24 Since we have heard that certain persons who
have gone out from us, though with no instructions from us, have said things to
disturb you and have unsettled your minds, 25 we have decided unanimously to
choose representatives and send them to you, along with our beloved Bar'nabas
and Paul, 26 who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same
things by word of mouth. 28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us
to impose on you no further burden than these essentials: 29 that you abstain
from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled
and from fornication. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.
Farewell." </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>PSALM 67 (RCL)<BR>Psalm 67: 1 - 2, 5 - 6, 8 (Roman
Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 67:1 (NRSV) May God be gracious to us and bless us <BR>and make his
face to shine upon us, [Se'lah] <BR>2 that your way may be known upon earth,
<BR>your saving power among all nations. <BR>3 Let the peoples praise you, O
God; <BR>let all the peoples praise you. <BR>4 Let the nations be glad and sing
for joy, <BR>for you judge the peoples with equity <BR>and guide the nations
upon earth. [Se'lah] <BR>5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; <BR>let all the
peoples praise you. <BR>6 The earth has yielded its increase; <BR>God, our God,
has blessed us. <BR>7 May God continue to bless us; <BR>let all the ends of the
earth revere him.</DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in Roman Catholic bibles is one greater than the
above</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>SECOND READING: Revelation 21: 10, 22 - 22: 5 (RCL)
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Revelation 21: 10 - 14, 22 - 23 (Roman Catholic)
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Revelation 21: 10, 22 - 27 (Can. BAS) </DIV>
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<DIV>Reve 21:10 (NRSV) And in the spirit he carried me away to a great, high
mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from
God. 11 It has the glory of God and a radiance like a very rare jewel, like
jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It has a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at
the gates twelve angels, and on the gates are inscribed the names of the twelve
tribes of the Israelites; 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates,
on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the
city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb. <BR>22 I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the
Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon
to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24
The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their
glory into it. 25 Its gates will never be shut by day--and there will be no
night there. 26 People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the
nations. 27 But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices
abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of
life. 22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as
crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of
the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its
twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the
tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 Nothing accursed will be found there
any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants
will worship him; 4 they will see his face, and his name will be on their
foreheads. 5 And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun,
for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
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<DIV><BR>GOSPEL: John 14: 23 - 29 (all) </DIV>
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<DIV>John 14:23 (NRSV) Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will keep my word,
and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with
them. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you
hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me. <BR>25 "I have said these
things to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you
of all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to
you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be
troubled, and do not let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, "I am going
away, and I am coming to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am
going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have
told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe.
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<DIV><BR>John 5: 1 - 9 (alt. for RCL) </DIV>
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<DIV>John 5:1 (NRSV) After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went
up to Jerusalem. <BR>2 Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool,
called in Hebrew Beth-za'tha, which has five porticoes. 3 In these lay many
invalids--blind, lame, and paralyzed. 4 5 One man was there who had been ill for
thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been
there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" 7 The sick man
answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is
stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me."
8 Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." 9 At once the man was
made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. <BR>Now that day was a
sabbath. <BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>