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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The following are the readings for the Fifth Sunday
in Lent, March 25, 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 otherwise noted, the ECUSA, Canadian and Common
Worship readings are identical to the RCL this Sunday.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The Readings are posted on our web site at: <<A
href="http://satucket.com/lectionary">http://satucket.com/lectionary</A>> in
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>OLD TESTAMENT: Jeremiah 31: 31 -
34 (all)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jere 31:31 (NRSV) The days are surely coming, says
the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house
of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt--a covenant
that they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD. 33 But this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the
LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I
will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 No longer shall they teach
one another, or say to each other, "Know the LORD," for they shall all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their
iniquity, and remember their sin no more. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>PSALM 51: 1 - 13
(RCL)<BR>
51: 1 - 2, 10 - 13 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 51:1 (NRSV) Have mercy on me, O God, <BR>according to your steadfast
love; <BR>according to your abundant mercy <BR>blot out my transgressions. <BR>2
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, <BR>and cleanse me from my sin. <BR>3 For I
know my transgressions, <BR>and my sin is ever before me. <BR>4 Against you, you
alone, have I sinned, <BR>and done what is evil in your sight, <BR>so that you
are justified in your sentence <BR>and blameless when you pass judgment. <BR>5
Indeed, I was born guilty, <BR>a sinner when my mother conceived me. <BR>6 You
desire truth in the inward being;<BR>therefore teach me wisdom in my secret
heart. <BR>7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; <BR>wash me, and I
shall be whiter than snow. <BR>8 Let me hear joy and gladness; <BR>let the bones
that you have crushed rejoice. <BR>9 Hide your face from my sins, <BR>and blot
out all my iniquities. <BR>10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, <BR>and put a
new and right spirit within me. <BR>11 Do not cast me away from your presence,
<BR>and do not take your holy spirit from me. <BR>12 Restore to me the joy of
your salvation, <BR>and sustain in me a willing spirit. <BR>13 Then I will teach
transgressors your ways, <BR>and sinners will return to you. <BR>14 Deliver me
from bloodshed, O God, <BR>O God of my salvation, <BR>and my tongue will sing
aloud of your deliverance. <BR>15 O Lord, open my lips, <BR>and my mouth will
declare your praise. <BR>16 For you have no delight in sacrifice; <BR>if I were
to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased. <BR>17 The sacrifice
acceptable to God is a broken spirit; <BR>a broken and contrite heart, O God,
you will not despise. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in your psalter may differ from the above</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>Psalm 119: 9 - 16 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 119:9 (NRSV) How can young people keep their way pure? <BR>By guarding
it according to your word. <BR>10 With my whole heart I seek you; <BR>do not let
me stray from your commandments. <BR>11 I treasure your word in my heart, <BR>so
that I may not sin against you. <BR>12 Blessed are you, O LORD; <BR>teach me
your statutes. <BR>13 With my lips I declare <BR>all the ordinances of your
mouth. <BR>14 I delight in the way of your decrees <BR>as much as in all riches.
<BR>15 I will meditate on your precepts, <BR>and fix my eyes on your ways.
<BR>16 I will delight in your statutes; <BR>I will not forget your word. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>NEW TESTAMENT: Hebrews 5: 5 - 10
(RCL)<BR>
5: 7 - 9 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Hebr 5:5 (NRSV) So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high
priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, <BR>"You are my Son,
<BR>today I have begotten you"; <BR>6 as he says also in another place, <BR>"You
are a priest forever, <BR>according to the order of Melchiz'edek." <BR>7 In the
days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries
and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard
because of his reverent submission. 8 Although he was a Son, he learned
obedience through what he suffered; 9 and having been made perfect, he became
the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, 10 having been designated
by God a high priest according to the order of Melchiz'edek. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>GOSPEL: John 12: 20 - 33 (all)</DIV>
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<DIV>John 12:20 (NRSV) Now among those who went up to worship at the festival
were some Greeks. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsa'ida in Galilee,
and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." 22 Philip went and told Andrew;
then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 Jesus answered them, "The hour
has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly, I tell you, unless a
grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain;
but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Those who love their life lose it, and
those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26
Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.
Whoever serves me, the Father will honor. <BR>27 "Now my soul is troubled. And
what should I say--"Father, save me from this hour'? No, it is for this reason
that I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came
from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again." 29 The crowd
standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, "An angel has
spoken to him." 30 Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for
mine. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be
driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people
to myself." 33 He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.
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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>