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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The following are the readings for the Sixteenth
Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 22), Oct. 2, 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.
Throughout Pentecost the alternate RCL Psalm would normally be used with the
alternate RCL O. T. reading. Note also that the Canadian RCL does not have the
alternative readings.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>OLD TESTAMENT: Exodus 20: 1 - 4, 7 - 9, 12 -
20 (RCL)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Exod 20:1 (NRSV) Then God spoke all these words:
<BR>2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me. 4 You shall not
make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven
above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of
the LORD your God, for the LORD will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
<BR>8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and
do all your work. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your
days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. <BR>13 You
shall not murder.<BR>14 You shall not commit adultery. <BR>15 You shall not
steal. <BR>16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. <BR>17 You
shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your
neighbor. <BR>18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the
sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled
and stood at a distance, 19 and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will
listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will die." 20 Moses said to the
people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come only to test you and to put the fear
of him upon you so that you do not sin." </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Isaiah 5: 1 - 7 (alt. for RCL, Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Isai 5:1 (NRSV) Let me sing for my beloved <BR>my love-song concerning his
vineyard: <BR>My beloved had a vineyard <BR>on a very fertile hill. <BR>2 He dug
it and cleared it of stones, <BR>and planted it with choice vines; <BR>he built
a watchtower in the midst of it, <BR>and hewed out a wine vat in it; <BR>he
expected it to yield grapes, <BR>but it yielded wild grapes. <BR>3 And now,
inhabitants of Jerusalem <BR>and people of Judah, <BR>judge between me <BR>and
my vineyard. <BR>4 What more was there to do for my vineyard <BR>that I have not
done in it? <BR>When I expected it to yield grapes, <BR>why did it yield wild
grapes? <BR>5 And now I will tell you <BR>what I will do to my vineyard. <BR>I
will remove its hedge, <BR>and it shall be devoured; <BR>I will break down its
wall, <BR>and it shall be trampled down. <BR>6 I will make it a waste; <BR>it
shall not be pruned or hoed, <BR>and it shall be overgrown with briers and
thorns; <BR>I will also command the clouds <BR>that they rain no rain upon it.
<BR>7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts <BR>is the house of Israel, <BR>and
the people of Judah <BR>are his pleasant planting; <BR>he expected justice,
<BR>but saw bloodshed; <BR>righteousness, <BR>but heard a cry! </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>PSALM 19 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 19:1 (NRSV) The heavens are telling the glory of God; <BR>and the
firmament proclaims his handiwork. <BR>2 Day to day pours forth speech, <BR>and
night to night declares knowledge. <BR>3 There is no speech, nor are there
words; <BR>their voice is not heard; <BR>4 yet their voice goes out through all
the earth, <BR>and their words to the end of the world. <BR>In the heavens he
has set a tent for the sun, <BR>5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his
wedding canopy, <BR>and like a strong man runs its course with joy. <BR>6 Its
rising is from the end of the heavens, <BR>and its circuit to the end of them;
<BR>and nothing is hid from its heat. <BR>7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
<BR>reviving the soul; <BR>the decrees of the LORD are sure, <BR>making wise the
simple; <BR>8 the precepts of the LORD are right, <BR>rejoicing the heart;
<BR>the commandment of the LORD is clear, <BR>enlightening the eyes; <BR>9 the
fear of the LORD is pure, <BR>enduring forever; <BR>the ordinances of the LORD
are true <BR>and righteous altogether. <BR>10 More to be desired are they than
gold, <BR>even much fine gold; <BR>sweeter also than honey, <BR>and drippings of
the honeycomb. <BR>11 Moreover by them is your servant warned; <BR>in keeping
them there is great reward. <BR>12 But who can detect their errors? <BR>Clear me
from hidden faults. <BR>13 Keep back your servant also from the insolent; <BR>do
not let them have dominion over me. <BR>Then I shall be blameless, <BR>and
innocent of great transgression. <BR>14 Let the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart <BR>be acceptable to you, <BR>O LORD, my rock and my
redeemer. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Psalm 80: 7 - 15 (alt. for RCL)<BR>Psalm 80: 8, 11 - 15, 18
- 19 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 80:1 (NRSV) <BR>7 Restore us, O God of hosts; <BR>let your face shine,
that we may be saved. <BR>8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; <BR>you drove out
the nations and planted it. <BR>9 You cleared the ground for it; <BR>it took
deep root and filled the land. <BR>10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
<BR>the mighty cedars with its branches; <BR>11 it sent out its branches to the
sea, <BR>and its shoots to the River. <BR>12 Why then have you broken down its
walls, <BR>so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit? <BR>13 The boar
from the forest ravages it, <BR>and all that move in the field feed on it.
<BR>14 Turn again, O God of hosts; <BR>look down from heaven, and see; <BR>have
regard for this vine, <BR>15 the stock that your right hand planted.
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<DIV>18 Then we will never turn back from you; <BR>give us life, and we will
call on your name. <BR>19 Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; <BR>let your face
shine, that we may be saved. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering is one higher in Roman Catholic bibles; Verse
numbering may differ in your Psalter.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>NEW TESTAMENT: Philippians 3: 4b - 14 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil 3:4 (NRSV) If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I
have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of
the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Phar'isee; 6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law,
blameless. <BR>7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss
because of Christ. 8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the
surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered
the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain
Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes
from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from
God based on faith. 10 I want to know Christ {and the power of his resurrection
and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11 if
somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. <BR>12 Not that I have
already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make
it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Beloved, I do not
consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what
lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the
goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Philippians 4: 6 - 9 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil 4:6 (NRSV) Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And
the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus. <BR>8 Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever
is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever
is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of
praise, think about these things. 9 Keep on doing the things that you have
learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with
you. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>GOSPEL: Matthew 21: 33 - 46
(RCL)<BR>
Matthew 21: 33 - 43 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Matt 21:33 (NRSV) "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who
planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a
watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. 34 When
the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his
produce. 35 But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and
stoned another. 36 Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they
treated them in the same way. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, "They
will respect my son.' 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to
themselves, "This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Now
when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" 41 They
said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the
vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time."
<BR>42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: <BR>"The
stone that the builders rejected <BR>has become the cornerstone; <BR>this was
the Lord's doing, <BR>and it is amazing in our eyes'? <BR>43 Therefore I tell
you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that
produces the fruits of the kingdom. 44 The one who falls on this stone will be
broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls." <BR>45 When the
chief priests and the Phar'isees heard his parables, they realized that he was
speaking about them. 46 They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds,
because they regarded him as a prophet. <BR></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></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>