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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>OLD TESTAMENT: Lamentations 1: 1 - 6 (RCL)
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lame 1:1 (NRSV) How lonely sits the city <BR>that
once was full of people! <BR>How like a widow she has become, <BR>she that was
great among the nations! <BR>She that was a princess among the provinces <BR>has
become a vassal. <BR>2 She weeps bitterly in the night, <BR>with tears on her
cheeks; <BR>among all her lovers <BR>she has no one to comfort her; <BR>all her
friends have dealt treacherously with her, <BR>they have become her enemies.
<BR>3 Judah has gone into exile with suffering <BR>and hard servitude; <BR>she
lives now among the nations, <BR>and finds no resting place; <BR>her pursuers
have all overtaken her <BR>in the midst of her distress. <BR>4 The roads to Zion
mourn, <BR>for no one comes to the festivals; <BR>all her gates are desolate,
<BR>her priests groan; <BR>her young girls grieve, <BR>and her lot is bitter.
<BR>5 Her foes have become the masters, <BR>her enemies prosper, <BR>because the
LORD has made her suffer <BR>for the multitude of her transgressions; <BR>her
children have gone away, <BR>captives before the foe. <BR>6 From daughter Zion
has departed <BR>all her majesty. <BR>Her princes have become like stags
<BR>that find no pasture; <BR>they fled without strength <BR>before the pursuer.
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<DIV><BR>Habakkuk 1: 1 - 4; 2: 1 - 4 (alt. for RCL) <BR>Habakkuk 1: 2 - 3; 2: 2
- 4 (Roman Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>Haba 1:1 (NRSV) The oracle that the prophet Habak'kuk saw. <BR>2 O LORD,
how long shall I cry for help, <BR>and you will not listen? <BR>Or cry to you
"Violence!" <BR>and you will not save? <BR>3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing
<BR>and look at trouble? <BR>Destruction and violence are before me; <BR>strife
and contention arise. <BR>4 So the law becomes slack <BR>and justice never
prevails. <BR>The wicked surround the righteous-- <BR>therefore judgment comes
forth perverted. </DIV>
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<DIV>2:1 I will stand at my watchpost, <BR>and station myself on the rampart;
<BR>I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, <BR>and what he will answer
concerning my complaint. <BR>2 Then the LORD answered me and said: <BR>Write the
vision; <BR>make it plain on tablets, <BR>so that a runner may read it. <BR>3
For there is still a vision for the appointed time; <BR>it speaks of the end,
and does not lie. <BR>If it seems to tarry, wait for it; <BR>it will surely
come, it will not delay. <BR>4 Look at the proud! <BR>Their spirit is not right
in them, <BR>but the righteous live by their faith. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Amos 5: 6 - 7, 10 - 15 (Can. BAS)</DIV>
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<DIV>Amos 5:6 (NRSV) Seek the LORD and live, <BR>or he will break out against
the house of Joseph like fire, <BR>and it will devour Bethel, with no one to
quench it. <BR>7 Ah, you that turn justice to wormwood, <BR>and bring
righteousness to the ground! </DIV>
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<DIV>10 They hate the one who reproves in the gate, <BR>and they abhor the one
who speaks the truth. <BR>11 Therefore because you trample on the poor <BR>and
take from them levies of grain, <BR>you have built houses of hewn stone, <BR>but
you shall not live in them; <BR>you have planted pleasant vineyards, <BR>but you
shall not drink their wine. <BR>12 For I know how many are your transgressions,
<BR>and how great are your sins- <BR>you who afflict the righteous, who take a
bribe, <BR>and push aside the needy in the gate. <BR>13 Therefore the prudent
will keep silent in such a time; <BR>for it is an evil time. <BR>14 Seek good
and not evil, <BR>that you may live; <BR>and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will
be with you, <BR>just as you have said. <BR>15 Hate evil and love good, <BR>and
establish justice in the gate; <BR>it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts,
<BR>will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>PSALM: Lamentation 3: 19 - 26 (RCL) </DIV>
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<DIV>Lame 3:19 (NRSV) The thought of my affliction and my homelessness <BR>is
wormwood and gall! <BR>20 My soul continually thinks of it <BR>and is bowed down
within me. <BR>21 But this I call to mind, <BR>and therefore I have hope: <BR>22
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, <BR>his mercies never come to an
end; <BR>23 they are new every morning; <BR>great is your faithfulness. <BR>24
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, <BR>"therefore I will hope in him."
<BR>25 The LORD is good to those who wait for him, <BR>to the soul that seeks
him. <BR>26 It is good that one should wait quietly <BR>for the salvation of the
LORD. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Psalm 37: 1 - 9 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 37:1 (NRSV) Do not fret because of the wicked; <BR>do not be envious
of wrongdoers, <BR>2 for they will soon fade like the grass, <BR>and wither like
the green herb. <BR>3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; <BR>so you will live in
the land, and enjoy security. <BR>4 Take delight in the LORD, <BR>and he will
give you the desires of your heart. <BR>5 Commit your way to the LORD; <BR>trust
in him, and he will act. <BR>6 He will make your vindication shine like the
light, <BR>and the justice of your cause like the noonday. <BR>7 Be still before
the LORD, and wait patiently for him; <BR>do not fret over those who prosper in
their way, <BR>over those who carry out evil devices. <BR>8 Refrain from anger,
and forsake wrath. <BR>Do not fret-it leads only to evil. <BR>9 For the wicked
shall be cut off, <BR>but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.
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<DIV>Note : verse numbering in your Psalter may be different from the
above</DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 137 (alt. for RCL) </DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 137:1 (NRSV) By the rivers of Babylon-- <BR>there we sat down and
there we wept <BR>when we remembered Zion. <BR>2 On the willows there <BR>we
hung up our harps. <BR>3 For there our captors <BR>asked us for songs, <BR>and
our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, <BR>"Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
<BR>4 How could we sing the LORD's song <BR>in a foreign land? <BR>5 If I forget
you, O Jerusalem, <BR>let my right hand wither! <BR>6 Let my tongue cling to the
roof of my mouth, <BR>if I do not remember you, <BR>if I do not set Jerusalem
<BR>above my highest joy. <BR>7 Remember, O LORD, against the E'domites <BR>the
day of Jerusalem's fall, <BR>how they said, "Tear it down! Tear it down!
<BR>Down to its foundations!" <BR>8 O daughter Babylon, you devastator!
<BR>Happy shall they be who pay you back <BR>what you have done to us! <BR>9
Happy shall they be who take your little ones <BR>and dash them against the
rock! </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Psalm 101 (Can. BAS)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 101:1 (NRSV) I will sing of loyalty and of justice; <BR>to you, O
LORD, I will sing. <BR>2 I will study the way that is blameless. <BR>When shall
I attain it? <BR>I will walk with integrity of heart <BR>within my house; <BR>3
I will not set before my eyes <BR>anything that is base. <BR>I hate the work of
those who fall away; <BR>it shall not cling to me. <BR>4 Perverseness of heart
shall be far from me; <BR>I will know nothing of evil. <BR>5 One who secretly
slanders a neighbor <BR>I will destroy. <BR>A haughty look and an arrogant heart
<BR>I will not tolerate. <BR>6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the
land, <BR>so that they may live with me; <BR>whoever walks in the way that is
blameless <BR>shall minister to me. <BR>7 No one who practices deceit <BR>shall
remain in my house; <BR>no one who utters lies <BR>shall continue in my
presence. <BR>8 Morning by morning I will destroy <BR>all the wicked in the
land, <BR>cutting off all evildoers <BR>from the city of the LORD. </DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 95: 1 - 2, 6 - 9 (Roman Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 95:1 (NRSV) O come, let us sing to the LORD; <BR>let us make a joyful
noise to the rock of our salvation! <BR>2 Let us come into his presence with
thanksgiving; <BR>let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! </DIV>
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<DIV>6 O come, let us worship and bow down, <BR>let us kneel before the LORD,
our Maker! <BR>7 For he is our God, <BR>and we are the people of his pasture,
<BR>and the sheep of his hand. <BR>O that today you would listen to his voice!
<BR>8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Mer'ibah, <BR>as on the day at Mas'sah in
the wilderness, <BR>9 when your ancestors tested me, <BR>and put me to the
proof, though they had seen my work. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>NEW TESTAMENT: 2 Timothy 1: 1 - 14 (RCL)
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2 Timothy 1: 6 - 8, 13 - 14 (Roman Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>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, <BR>2 To Timothy, my
beloved child: <BR>Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus
our Lord. <BR>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. <BR>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. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>GOSPEL: Luke 17: 5 - 10 (all) </DIV>
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<DIV>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.
<BR>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!'" </DIV>
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<DIV>Chad Wohlers<BR>Woodbury, Vermont USA<BR><A
href="mailto:chadwohl@satucket.com">chadwohl@satucket.com</A><BR><A
href="mailto:cwohlers@bridgew.edu">cwohlers@bridgew.edu</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>