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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The following are the readings for the Seventeenth
Sunday after Pentecost, September 19, (Proper 20) 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>OLD TESTAMENT: Jeremiah 8: 18 - 9: 1 (RCL)
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jere 8:18 (NRSV) My joy is gone, grief is upon me,
<BR>my heart is sick. <BR>19 Hark, the cry of my poor people <BR>from far and
wide in the land: <BR>"Is the LORD not in Zion? <BR>Is her King not in her?"
<BR>("Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, <BR>with their
foreign idols?") <BR>20 "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, <BR>and we
are not saved." <BR>21 For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, <BR>I mourn,
and dismay has taken hold of me. <BR>22 Is there no balm in Gil'ead? <BR>Is
there no physician there? <BR>Why then has the health of my poor people <BR>not
been restored? 9:1 {Ch 8.23 in Heb} <BR>O that my head were a spring of water,
<BR>and my eyes a fountain of tears, <BR>so that I might weep day and night
<BR>for the slain of my poor people! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Amos 8: 4 - 7 (Roman Catholic, alt. for RCL) </DIV>
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<DIV>Amos 8:4 (NRSV) Hear this, you that trample on the needy, <BR>and bring to
ruin the poor of the land, <BR>5 saying, "When will the new moon be over <BR>so
that we may sell grain; <BR>and the sabbath, <BR>so that we may offer wheat for
sale? <BR>We will make the ephah small and the shekel great, <BR>and practice
deceit with false balances, <BR>6 buying the poor for silver <BR>and the needy
for a pair of sandals, <BR>and selling the sweepings of the wheat." <BR>7 The
LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: <BR>Surely I will never forget any of
their deeds. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Hosea 11: 1 - 11 (Can. BAS)</DIV>
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<DIV>Hose 11:1 (NRSV) When Israel was a child, I loved him, <BR>and out of Egypt
I called my son. <BR>2 The more I called them, <BR>the more they went from
me;<BR>they kept sacrificing to the Baals, <BR>and offering incense to idols.
<BR>3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, <BR>I took them up in my arms;
<BR>but they did not know that I healed them. <BR>4 I led them with cords of
human kindness, <BR>with bands of love. <BR>I was to them like those <BR>who
lift infants to their cheeks. <BR>I bent down to them and fed them. <BR>5 They
shall return to the land of Egypt, <BR>and Assyria shall be their king,
<BR>because they have refused to return to me. <BR>6 The sword rages in their
cities, <BR>it consumes their oracle-priests, <BR>and devours because of their
schemes. <BR>7 My people are bent on turning away from me. <BR>To the Most High
they call, <BR>but he does not raise them up at all.<BR>8 How can I give you up,
Ephraim? <BR>How can I hand you over, O Israel? <BR>How can I make you like
Admah? <BR>How can I treat you like Zeboiim? <BR>My heart recoils within me;
<BR>my compassion grows warm and tender. <BR>9 I will not execute my fierce
anger; <BR>I will not again destroy Ephraim; <BR>for I am God and no mortal,
<BR>the Holy One in your midst, <BR>and I will not come in wrath. <BR>10 They
shall go after the LORD, <BR>who roars like a lion; <BR>when he roars, <BR>his
children shall come trembling from the west. <BR>11 They shall come trembling
like birds from Egypt, <BR>and like doves from the land of Assyria; <BR>and I
will return them to their homes, says the LORD. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>PSALM 79: 1 - 9 (RCL) </DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 79:1 (NRSV) O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
<BR>they have defiled your holy temple; <BR>they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
<BR>2 They have given the bodies of your servants <BR>to the birds of the air
for food, <BR>the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth. <BR>3
They have poured out their blood like water <BR>all around Jerusalem, <BR>and
there was no one to bury them. <BR>4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
<BR>mocked and derided by those around us. <BR>5 How long, O LORD? Will you be
angry forever? <BR>Will your jealous wrath burn like fire? <BR>6 Pour out your
anger on the nations <BR>that do not know you, <BR>and on the kingdoms <BR>that
do not call on your name. <BR>7 For they have devoured Jacob <BR>and laid waste
his habitation. <BR>8 Do not remember against us the iniquities of our
ancestors; <BR>let your compassion come speedily to meet us, <BR>for we are
brought very low. <BR>9 Help us, O God of our salvation, <BR>for the glory of
your name; <BR>deliver us, and forgive our sins, <BR>for your name's sake.
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<DIV><BR>Psalm 113 (alt. for RCL) <BR>Psalm 113: 1 - 2, 4 - 8 (Roman
Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 113:1 (NRSV) Praise the LORD! <BR>Praise, O servants of the LORD;
<BR>praise the name of the LORD. <BR>2 Blessed be the name of the LORD <BR>from
this time on and forevermore. <BR>3 From the rising of the sun to its setting
<BR>the name of the LORD is to be praised. <BR>4 The LORD is high above all
nations, <BR>and his glory above the heavens. <BR>5 Who is like the LORD our
God, <BR>who is seated on high, <BR>6 who looks far down <BR>on the heavens and
the earth? <BR>7 He raises the poor from the dust, <BR>and lifts the needy from
the ash heap, <BR>8 to make them sit with princes, <BR>with the princes of his
people. <BR>9 He gives the barren woman a home, <BR>making her the joyous mother
of children. <BR>Praise the LORD! </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Psalm 107: 1 - 9 (Can. BAS)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 107:1 (NRSV)O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; <BR>for his
steadfast love endures forever. <BR>2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
<BR>those he redeemed from trouble <BR>3 and gathered in from the lands,
<BR>from the east and from the west, <BR>from the north and from the south.
<BR>4 Some wandered in desert wastes, <BR>finding no way to an inhabited town;
<BR>5 hungry and thirsty, <BR>their soul fainted within them. <BR>6 Then they
cried to the LORD in their trouble, <BR>and he delivered them from their
distress; <BR>7 he led them by a straight way, <BR>until they reached an
inhabited town. <BR>8 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, <BR>for
his wonderful works to humankind. <BR>9 For he satisfies the thirsty, <BR>and
the hungry he fills with good things. </DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: 1 Timothy 2: 1 - 7 (RCL)
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1 Timothy 2: 1 - 8 (Roman Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>1Tim 2:1 (NRSV) First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, 2 for kings and all who
are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
godliness and dignity. 3 This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior, 4 who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the
truth. 5 For <BR>there is one God; <BR>there is also one mediator between God
and humankind, <BR>Christ Jesus, himself human, <BR>6 who gave himself a ransom
for all <BR>--this was attested at the right time. 7 For this I was appointed a
herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the
Gentiles in faith and truth. <BR>8 I desire, then, that in every place the men
should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument; </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>GOSPEL: Luke 16: 1 - 13 (all) </DIV>
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<DIV>Luke 16:1 (NRSV) Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man
who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering
his property. 2 So he summoned him and said to him, "What is this that I hear
about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my
manager any longer.' 3 Then the manager said to himself, "What will I do, now
that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to
dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to do so that, when I am
dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' 5 So, summoning
his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, "How much do you owe my
master?' 6 He answered, "A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, "Take
your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' 7 Then he asked another, "And
how much do you owe?' He replied, "A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to
him, "Take your bill and make it eighty.' 8 And his master commended the
dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age
are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of
light. 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest
wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.
<BR>10 "Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and
whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. 11 If then you
have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the
true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another,
who will give you what is your own? 13 No slave can serve two masters; for a
slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and
despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."</DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Vs. 1-9 are optional in the Roman Catholic lectionary</DIV>
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<DIV>Chad Wohlers<BR>Woodbury, Vermont USA<BR><A
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