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<DIV>The following are the readings for Thanksgiving Day (U. S.), Nov. 27,
according to the Revised Common (RCL) and Episcopal (ECUSA), lectionaries. The
ECUSA lectionary follows the RCL this day. All readings are taken from the New
Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. </DIV>
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<DIV>FIRST READING: Deuteronomy 8: 7 - 18 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Deut 8:7 (NRSV) For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good
land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling
up in valleys and hills, 8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees
and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, 9 a land where you may eat
bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are
iron and from whose hills you may mine copper. 10 You shall eat your fill and
bless the LORD your God for the good land that he has given you. </DIV>
<DIV>11 Take care that you do not forget the LORD your God, by failing to keep
his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I am commanding you
today. 12 When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and live in
them, 13 and when your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and
gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, 14 then do not exalt
yourself, forgetting the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of slavery, 15 who led you through the great and
terrible wilderness, an arid wasteland with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He
made water flow for you from flint rock, 16 and fed you in the wilderness with
manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you, and in
the end to do you good. 17 Do not say to yourself, "My power and the might of my
own hand have gotten me this wealth." 18 But remember the LORD your God, for it
is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant
that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today. </DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 65</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 65:1 (NRSV) Praise is due to you, </DIV>
<DIV>O God, in Zion; </DIV>
<DIV>and to you shall vows be performed, 2 O you who answer prayer! </DIV>
<DIV>To you all flesh shall come. </DIV>
<DIV>3 When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us, </DIV>
<DIV>you forgive our transgressions. </DIV>
<DIV>4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near </DIV>
<DIV>to live in your courts. </DIV>
<DIV>We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, </DIV>
<DIV>your holy temple. </DIV>
<DIV>5 By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance, </DIV>
<DIV>O God of our salvation; </DIV>
<DIV>you are the hope of all the ends of the earth </DIV>
<DIV>and of the farthest seas. </DIV>
<DIV>6 By your strength you established the mountains; </DIV>
<DIV>you are girded with might. </DIV>
<DIV>7 You silence the roaring of the seas, </DIV>
<DIV>the roaring of their waves, </DIV>
<DIV>the tumult of the peoples. </DIV>
<DIV>8 Those who live at earth's farthest bounds are awed by your signs; </DIV>
<DIV>you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy. </DIV>
<DIV>9 You visit the earth and water it, </DIV>
<DIV>you greatly enrich it; </DIV>
<DIV>the river of God is full of water; </DIV>
<DIV>you provide the people with grain, </DIV>
<DIV>for so you have prepared it. </DIV>
<DIV>10 You water its furrows abundantly, </DIV>
<DIV>settling its ridges, </DIV>
<DIV>softening it with showers, </DIV>
<DIV>and blessing its growth. </DIV>
<DIV>11 You crown the year with your bounty; </DIV>
<DIV>your wagon tracks overflow with richness. </DIV>
<DIV>12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow, </DIV>
<DIV>the hills gird themselves with joy, </DIV>
<DIV>13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, </DIV>
<DIV>the valleys deck themselves with grain, </DIV>
<DIV>they shout and sing together for joy. </DIV>
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<DIV>SECOND READING: 2 Corinthians 9: 6 - 15 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>2Cor 9:6 (NRSV) The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also
reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7
Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to provide you
with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything,
you may share abundantly in every good work. 9 As it is written, </DIV>
<DIV>""He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; </DIV>
<DIV>his righteousness endures forever." 10 He who supplies seed to the sower
and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase
the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way for your
great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us; 12 for the
rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needs of the saints but also
overflows with many thanksgivings to God. 13 Through the testing of this
ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of
Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with all others, 14
while they long for you and pray for you because of the surpassing grace of God
that he has given you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! </DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: Luke 17: 11 - 19 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Luke 17:11 (NRSV) On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the
region between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten lepers
approached him. Keeping their distance, 13 they called out, saying, "Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us!" 14 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show
yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean. 15 Then one
of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud
voice. 16 He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a
Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine,
where are they? 18 Was none of them found to return and give praise to God
except this foreigner?" 19 Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your
faith has made you well." </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
Wohlers<BR>Woodbury, VT
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