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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The following are the readings for the Twenty-first
Sunday after Pentecost, October 21, (Proper 24, ECUSA; Proper 29, 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: Job 38: 1 - 7, (34 -
41) (RCL)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Job 38:1 (NRSV) Then the LORD answered Job
out of the whirlwind: <BR>2 "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without
knowledge? <BR>3 Gird up your loins like a man, <BR>I will question you, and you
shall declare to me. <BR>4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the
earth? <BR>Tell me, if you have understanding. <BR>5 Who determined its
measurements--surely you know! <BR>Or who stretched the line upon it? <BR>6 On
what were its bases sunk, <BR>or who laid its cornerstone <BR>7 when the morning
stars sang together <BR>and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
<BR>so that a flood of waters may cover you? <BR>35 Can you send forth
lightnings, so that they may go <BR>and say to you, "Here we are'? <BR>36 Who
has put wisdom in the inward parts, <BR>or given understanding to the
mind?<BR>37 Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? <BR>Or who can tilt the
waterskins of the heavens, <BR>38 when the dust runs into a mass <BR>and the
clods cling together? <BR>39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lion, <BR>or satisfy
the appetite of the young lions, <BR>40 when they crouch in their dens, <BR>or
lie in wait in their covert? <BR>41 Who provides for the raven its prey,
<BR>when its young ones cry to God, <BR>and wander about for lack of food?
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<DIV><BR>Isaiah 53: 4 - 12 (alt. for RCL)<BR>Isaiah 53: 10 -
11 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Isai 53:4 (NRSV) Surely he has borne our infirmities <BR>and carried our
diseases; <BR>yet we accounted him stricken, <BR>struck down by God, and
afflicted. <BR>5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, <BR>crushed for our
iniquities; <BR>upon him was the punishment that made us whole, <BR>and by his
bruises we are healed. <BR>6 All we like sheep have gone astray; <BR>we have all
turned to our own way, <BR>and the LORD has laid on him <BR>the iniquity of us
all. <BR>7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, <BR>yet he did not open his
mouth; <BR>like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, <BR>and like a sheep that
before its shearers is silent, <BR>so he did not open his mouth. <BR>8 By a
perversion of justice he was taken away. <BR>Who could have imagined his future?
<BR>For he was cut off from the land of the living, <BR>stricken for the
transgression of my people. <BR>9 They made his grave with the wicked <BR>and
his tomb with the rich, <BR>although he had done no violence, <BR>and there was
no deceit in his mouth. <BR>10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him with
pain.<BR>When you make his life an offering for sin, <BR>he shall see his
offspring, and shall prolong his days; <BR>through him the will of the LORD
shall prosper. <BR>11 Out of his anguish he shall see light; <BR>he shall find
satisfaction through his knowledge. <BR>The righteous one, my servant, shall
make many righteous, <BR>and he shall bear their iniquities. <BR>12 Therefore I
will allot him a portion with the great, <BR>and he shall divide the spoil with
the strong; <BR>because he poured out himself to death, <BR>and was numbered
with the transgressors; <BR>yet he bore the sin of many, <BR>and made
intercession for the transgressors. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>PSALM 104: 1 - 9, 24, 35c (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 104:1 (NRSV) Bless the LORD, O my soul. <BR>O LORD my God, you are
very great. <BR>You are clothed with honor and majesty, <BR>2 wrapped in light
as with a garment. <BR>You stretch out the heavens like a tent, <BR>3 you set
the beams of your chambers on the waters, <BR>you make the clouds your chariot,
<BR>you ride on the wings of the wind, <BR>4 you make the winds your messengers,
<BR>fire and flame your ministers. <BR>5 You set the earth on its foundations,
<BR>so that it shall never be shaken. <BR>6 You cover it with the deep as with a
garment; <BR>the waters stood above the mountains. <BR>7 At your rebuke they
flee; <BR>at the sound of your thunder they take to flight. <BR>8 They rose up
to the mountains, ran down to the valleys <BR>to the place that you appointed
for them. <BR>9 You set a boundary that they may not pass, <BR>so that they
might not again cover the earth. </DIV>
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<DIV>24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! <BR>In wisdom you have made them
all; <BR>the earth is full of your creatures. </DIV>
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<DIV>35 Praise the LORD! </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in your Psalter may differ from the above<BR>In the C
of E, the last two verses are optional.</DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 91: 9 - 16 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 91 (NRSV) <BR>9 Because you have made the LORD your refuge,<BR>the
Most High your dwelling place, <BR>10 no evil shall befall you, <BR>no scourge
come near your tent. <BR>11 For he will command his angels concerning you <BR>to
guard you in all your ways. <BR>12 On their hands they will bear you up, <BR>so
that you will not dash your foot against a stone. <BR>13 You will tread on the
lion and the adder, <BR>the young lion and the serpent you will trample under
foot. <BR>14 Those who love me, I will deliver; <BR>I will protect those who
know my name. <BR>15 When they call to me, I will answer them; <BR>I will be
with them in trouble, <BR>I will rescue them and honor them. <BR>16 With long
life I will satisfy them, <BR>and show them my salvation. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Psalm 33: 4 - 5, 18 - 20, 22 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 33:4 For the word of the LORD is upright, <BR>and all his work is done
in faithfulness. <BR>5 He loves righteousness and justice; <BR>the earth is full
of the steadfast love of the LORD. </DIV>
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<DIV>18 Truly the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, <BR>on those who
hope in his steadfast love, <BR>19 to deliver their soul from death, <BR>and to
keep them alive in famine. <BR>20 Our soul waits for the LORD; <BR>he is our
help and shield. </DIV>
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<DIV>22 Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, <BR>even as we hope in you.
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<DIV><BR>NEW TESTAMENT: Hebrews 5: 1 - 10 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Hebr 5:1 (NRSV) Every high priest chosen from among mortals is put in
charge of things pertaining to God on their behalf, to offer gifts and
sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and wayward,
since he himself is subject to weakness; 3 and because of this he must offer
sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. 4 And one does
not presume to take this honor, but takes it only when called by God, just as
Aaron was. <BR>5 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>Hebrews 4: 14 - 16 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Hebr 4:14 (NRSV) Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed
through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our
weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet
without sin. 16 Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so
that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>GOSPEL: Mark 10: 35 - 45
(RCL)<BR>
Mark 10: (35 - 41) 42 - 45 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark 10:35 (NRSV) James and John, the sons of Zeb'edee, came forward to him
and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." 36
And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?" 37 And they said to
him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your
glory." 38 But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you
able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with?" 39 They replied, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "The
cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized,
you will be baptized; 40 but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine
to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." <BR>41 When the
ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. 42 So Jesus called
them and said to them, "You know that among the Gentiles those whom they
recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants
over them. 43 But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great
among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wishes to be first among you must
be slave of all. 45 For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and
to give his life a ransom for many."<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>