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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The following are the readings for the Ninth Sunday
after Pentecost, July 29, (Proper 12, ECUSA; Proper 17, RCL & Roman
Catholic) according to the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman
Catholic, Church of England, and Canadian (BAS) Lectionaries. All readings are
taken from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. Unless noted
otherwise, the lectionaries of ECUSA, Canada and England are identical to the
RCL this Sunday.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>OLD TESTAMENT: 2 Samuel 11: 1 -
15 (RCL)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>2Sam 11:1 (NRSV) In the spring of the year, the
time when kings go out to battle, David sent Jo'ab with his officers and all
Israel with him; they ravaged the Am'monites, and besieged Rab'bah. But David
remained at Jerusalem. <BR>2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose
from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king's house, that he
saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful. 3 David sent
someone to inquire about the woman. It was reported, "This is Bathshe'ba
daughter of Eli'am, the wife of Uri'ah the Hit'tite." 4 So David sent messengers
to get her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying
herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house. 5 The woman
conceived; and she sent and told David, "I am pregnant." <BR>6 So David sent
word to Jo'ab, "Send me Uri'ah the Hit'tite." And Jo'ab sent Uri'ah to David. 7
When Uri'ah came to him, David asked how Jo'ab and the people fared, and how the
war was going. 8 Then David said to Uri'ah, "Go down to your house, and wash
your feet." Uri'ah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a
present from the king. 9 But Uri'ah slept at the entrance of the king's house
with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10 When
they told David, "Uri'ah did not go down to his house," David said to Uri'ah,
"You have just come from a journey. Why did you not go down to your house?" 11
Uri'ah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah remain in booths; and my
lord Jo'ab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I
then go to my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live,
and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing." 12 Then David said to
Uri'ah, "Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back." So Uri'ah
remained in Jerusalem that day. On the next day, 13 David invited him to eat and
drink in his presence and made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie
on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
<BR>14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Jo'ab, and sent it by the hand of
Uri'ah. 15 In the letter he wrote, "Set Uri'ah in the forefront of the hardest
fighting, and then draw back from him, so that he may be struck down and die."
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<DIV><BR>2 Kings 4: 42 - 44 (Roman Catholic, alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>2Kin 4:42 (NRSV) A man came from Ba'al-shal'ishah, bringing food from the
first fruits to the man of God: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain
in his sack. Eli'sha said, "Give it to the people and let them eat." 43 But his
servant said, "How can I set this before a hundred people?" So he repeated,
"Give it to the people and let them eat, for thus says the LORD, "They shall eat
and have some left.'" 44 He set it before them, they ate, and had some left,
according to the word of the LORD. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>PSALM 14 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 14:1 (NRSV) Fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." <BR>They are
corrupt, they do abominable deeds; <BR>there is no one who does good. <BR>2 The
LORD looks down from heaven on humankind <BR>to see if there are any who are
wise, <BR>who seek after God. <BR>3 They have all gone astray, they are all
alike perverse; <BR>there is no one who does good, <BR>no, not one. <BR>4 Have
they no knowledge, all the evildoers <BR>who eat up my people as they eat bread,
<BR>and do not call upon the LORD? <BR>5 There they shall be in great terror,
<BR>for God is with the company of the righteous. <BR>6 You would confound the
plans of the poor, <BR>but the LORD is their refuge. <BR>7 O that deliverance
for Israel would come from Zion! <BR>When the LORD restores the fortunes of his
people, <BR>Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>14 Dixit insipiens (ECUSA
BCP)<BR> <BR>1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no
God.” *<BR> All are corrupt and commit abominable
acts;<BR> there is none who does any good.<BR> <BR>2
The Lord looks down from heaven upon us all, *<BR> to see if
there is any who is wise,<BR> if there is one who seeks after
God.<BR> <BR>3 Every one has proved faithless;<BR>all alike
have turned bad; *<BR> there is none who does good; no, not
one.<BR> <BR>4 Have they no knowledge, all those evildoers
*<BR> who eat up my people like bread<BR> and do not call
upon the Lord?<BR> <BR>5 See how they tremble with fear,
*<BR> because God is in the company of the
righteous.<BR> <BR>6 Their aim is to confound the plans of the
afflicted, *<BR> but the Lord is their refuge.</DIV>
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<DIV>7 Oh, that Israel's deliverance would come out of Zion!
*<BR> when the Lord restores the fortunes of his
people,<BR> Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Psalm 145: 10 - 11, 15 - 18 (Roman Catholic)<BR>Psalm 145:
10 - 18 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 145:10 (NRSV) All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, <BR>and
all your faithful shall bless you. <BR>11 They shall speak of the glory of your
kingdom, <BR>and tell of your power, <BR>12 to make known to all people your
mighty deeds, <BR>and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. <BR>13 Your kingdom
is an everlasting kingdom, <BR>and your dominion endures throughout all
generations. <BR>The LORD is faithful in all his words, <BR>and gracious in all
his deeds. <BR>14 The LORD upholds all who are falling, <BR>and raises up all
who are bowed down. <BR>15 The eyes of all look to you, <BR>and you give them
their food in due season. <BR>16 You open your hand, <BR>satisfying the desire
of every living thing. <BR>17 The LORD is just in all his ways, <BR>and kind in
all his doings. <BR>18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, <BR>to all who
call on him in truth. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>145 Exaltabo te, Deus (ECUSA
BCP)<BR> <BR>10 All your works praise you, O Lord,
*<BR> and your faithful servants bless you.<BR> <BR>11
They make known the glory of your kingdom *<BR> and speak of
your power;<BR> <BR>12 That the peoples may know of your power
*<BR> and the glorious splendor of your
kingdom.<BR> <BR>13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
*<BR> your dominion endures throughout all
ages.<BR> <BR>14 The LORD is faithful in all his words
*<BR> and merciful in all his deeds.<BR> <BR>15 The
Lord upholds all those who fall; *<BR> he lifts up those who are
bowed down.<BR> <BR>16 The eyes of all wait upon you, O Lord,
*<BR> and you give them their food in due
season.<BR> <BR>17 You open wide your hand *<BR> and
satisfy the needs of every living creature.<BR> <BR>18 The Lord
is righteous in all his ways *<BR> and loving in all his
works.<BR> <BR>19 The Lord is near to those who call upon him,
*<BR> to all who call upon him faithfully. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>NEW TESTAMENT: Ephesians 3: 14 - 21 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Ephe 3:14 (NRSV) For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from
whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16 I pray that,
according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened
in your inner being with power through his Spirit, 17 and that Christ may dwell
in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. 18 I
pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the
breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that
surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
<BR>20 Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish
abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, 21 to him be glory in the
church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Ephesians 4: 1 - 6 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Ephe 4:1 (NRSV) I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a
life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility
and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 making every
effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one
body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, 5
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all
and through all and in all. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>GOSPEL: John 6: 1 - 21
(RCL)<BR>
John 6: 1 - 15 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>John 6:1 (NRSV) After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of
Galilee, also called the Sea of Tibe'rias. 2 A large crowd kept following him,
because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3 Jesus went up the
mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the festival
of the Jews, was near. 5 When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward
him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?"
6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. 7
Philip answered him, "Six months' wages would not buy enough bread for each of
them to get a little." 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother,
said to him, 9 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But
what are they among so many people?" 10 Jesus said, "Make the people sit down."
Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five
thousand in all. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he
distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they
wanted. 12 When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, "Gather up the
fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost." 13 So they gathered them up,
and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten,
they filled twelve baskets. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done,
they began to say, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world."
<BR>15 When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to
make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. <BR>16 When evening
came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across
the sea to Caper'naum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18
The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19 When they had rowed
about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the
boat, and they were terrified. 20 But he said to them, "It is I; do not be
afraid." 21 Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat
reached the land toward which they were going. <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>