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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The following are the readings for the
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, October 28, (Proper 25, RCL; Proper 30,
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 42: 1 - 6, 10 -
17 (RCL)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Job 42:1 (NRSV) Then Job answered the LORD:
<BR>2 "I know that you can do all things, <BR>and that no purpose of yours can
be thwarted. <BR>3 "Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?'
<BR>Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, <BR>things too wonderful
for me, which I did not know. <BR>4 "Hear, and I will speak; <BR>I will question
you, and you declare to me.' <BR>5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
<BR>but now my eye sees you; <BR>6 therefore I despise myself, <BR>and repent in
dust and ashes." </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>10 And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job when
he had prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had
before. 11 Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had
known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; they showed him
sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him;
and each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring. 12 The LORD blessed
the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand
sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys. 13
He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 He named the first Jemi'mah, the
second Kezi'ah, and the third Ker'en-hap'puch. 15 In all the land there were no
women so beautiful as Job's daughters; and their father gave them an inheritance
along with their brothers. 16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty years,
and saw his children, and his children's children, four generations. 17 And Job
died, old and full of days. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Jeremiah 31: 7 - 9 (Roman Catholic, alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Jere 31:7 (NRSV) For thus says the LORD: <BR>Sing aloud with gladness for
Jacob, <BR>and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; <BR>proclaim, give
praise, and say, <BR>"Save, O LORD, your people, <BR>the remnant of Israel."
<BR>8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, <BR>and gather
them from the farthest parts of the earth, <BR>among them the blind and the
lame, <BR>those with child and those in labor, together; <BR>a great company,
they shall return here. <BR>9 With weeping they shall come, <BR>and with
consolations I will lead them back, <BR>I will let them walk by brooks of water,
<BR>in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; <BR>for I have become a
father to Israel, <BR>and E'phraim is my firstborn. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>PSALM 34: 1 - 8, (19 - 22) (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 34:1 (NRSV) I will bless the LORD at all times; <BR>his praise shall
continually be in my mouth. <BR>2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD; <BR>let
the humble hear and be glad. <BR>3 O magnify the LORD with me, <BR>and let us
exalt his name together. <BR>4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me, <BR>and
delivered me from all my fears. <BR>5 Look to him, and be radiant; <BR>so your
faces shall never be ashamed. <BR>6 This poor soul cried, and was heard by the
LORD, <BR>and was saved from every trouble. <BR>7 The angel of the LORD encamps
<BR>around those who fear him, and delivers them. <BR>8 O taste and see that the
LORD is good; <BR>happy are those who take refuge in him. </DIV>
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<DIV>19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, <BR>but the LORD rescues them
from them all. <BR>20 He keeps all their bones; <BR>not one of them will be
broken. <BR>21 Evil brings death to the wicked, <BR>and those who hate the
righteous will be condemned. <BR>22 The LORD redeems the life of his servants;
<BR>none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>Psalm 126 (Roman Catholic, alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 126:1 (NRSV) When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, <BR>we were
like those who dream. <BR>2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, <BR>and our
tongue with shouts of joy; <BR>then it was said among the nations, <BR>"The LORD
has done great things for them." <BR>3 The LORD has done great things for us,
<BR>and we rejoiced. <BR>4 Restore our fortunes, O LORD, <BR>like the
watercourses in the Neg'eb. <BR>5 May those who sow in tears <BR>reap with
shouts of joy. <BR>6 Those who go out weeping, <BR>bearing the seed for sowing,
<BR>shall come home with shouts of joy, <BR>carrying their sheaves. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>NEW TESTAMENT: Hebrews 7: 23 - 28 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Hebr 7:23 (NRSV) Furthermore, the former priests were many in number,
because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; 24 but he holds
his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. 25 Consequently he is
able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always
lives to make intercession for them. <BR>26 For it was fitting that we should
have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and
exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to
offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for those of
the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law
appoints as high priests those who are subject to weakness, but the word of the
oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect
forever. </DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Hebrews 5: 1 - 6 (Roman Catholic) </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>GOSPEL: Mark 10: 46 - 52 (all)</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark 10:46 (NRSV) They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large
crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimae'us son of Timae'us, a blind beggar, was
sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he
began to shout out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 48 Many
sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, "Son of
David, have mercy on me!" 49 Jesus stood still and said, "Call him here." And
they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart; get up, he is calling
you." 50 So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 Then
Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to
him, "My teacher, let me see again." 52 Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has
made you well." Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.
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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>