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<DIV>The following are the readings for Christmas Day, Proper III, 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 noted otherwise,
the ECUSA, Canadian and C of E lectionaries are identical to the RCL for this
day. The Canadian BAS allows any of the three propers to be used at any time on
Christmas Day. </DIV>
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<DIV>The Christmas Day readings for the Roman Catholic lectionary correspond to
the Proper III readings, except as noted.</DIV>
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<DIV>OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 52: 7 - 10 (all)</DIV>
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<DIV>Isai 52:7 (NRSV) How beautiful upon the mountains</DIV>
<DIV>are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,</DIV>
<DIV>who brings good news,</DIV>
<DIV>who announces salvation,</DIV>
<DIV>who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."</DIV>
<DIV>8 Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices,</DIV>
<DIV>together they sing for joy;</DIV>
<DIV>for in plain sight they see</DIV>
<DIV>the return of the LORD to Zion.</DIV>
<DIV>9 Break forth together into singing,</DIV>
<DIV>you ruins of Jerusalem;</DIV>
<DIV>for the LORD has comforted his people,</DIV>
<DIV>he has redeemed Jerusalem.</DIV>
<DIV>10 The LORD has bared his holy arm</DIV>
<DIV>before the eyes of all the nations;</DIV>
<DIV>and all the ends of the earth shall see</DIV>
<DIV>the salvation of our God.</DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 98 (RCL)</DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 98: 1 - 6 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 98:1 (NRSV) O sing to the LORD a new song,</DIV>
<DIV>for he has done marvelous things.</DIV>
<DIV>His right hand and his holy arm</DIV>
<DIV>have gotten him victory.</DIV>
<DIV>2 The LORD has made known his victory;</DIV>
<DIV>he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.</DIV>
<DIV>3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness</DIV>
<DIV>to the house of Israel.</DIV>
<DIV>All the ends of the earth have seen</DIV>
<DIV>the victory of our God.</DIV>
<DIV>4 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth;</DIV>
<DIV>break forth into joyous song and sing praises.</DIV>
<DIV>5 Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,</DIV>
<DIV>with the lyre and the sound of melody.</DIV>
<DIV>6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn</DIV>
<DIV>make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.</DIV>
<DIV>7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;</DIV>
<DIV>the world and those who live in it.</DIV>
<DIV>8 Let the floods clap their hands;</DIV>
<DIV>let the hills sing together for joy</DIV>
<DIV>9 at the presence of the LORD, for he is coming</DIV>
<DIV>to judge the earth.</DIV>
<DIV>He will judge the world with righteousness,</DIV>
<DIV>and the peoples with equity.</DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: Hebrews 1: 1 - 4 (5 - 12) (RCL)</DIV>
<DIV>
Hebrews 1: 1 - 6 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Hebr 1:1 (NRSV) Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various
ways by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son,
whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. 3
He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being,
and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification
for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become
as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than
theirs.</DIV>
<DIV>5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,</DIV>
<DIV>"You are my Son;</DIV>
<DIV>today I have begotten you"?</DIV>
<DIV>Or again,</DIV>
<DIV>"I will be his Father,</DIV>
<DIV>and he will be my Son"?</DIV>
<DIV>6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says,</DIV>
<DIV>"Let all God's angels worship him."</DIV>
<DIV>7 Of the angels he says,</DIV>
<DIV>"He makes his angels winds,</DIV>
<DIV>and his servants flames of fire."</DIV>
<DIV>8 But of the Son he says,</DIV>
<DIV>"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,</DIV>
<DIV>and the righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.</DIV>
<DIV>9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;</DIV>
<DIV>therefore God, your God, has anointed you</DIV>
<DIV>with the oil of gladness beyond your companions."</DIV>
<DIV>10 And,</DIV>
<DIV>"In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,</DIV>
<DIV>and the heavens are the work of your hands;</DIV>
<DIV>11 they will perish, but you remain;</DIV>
<DIV>they will all wear out like clothing;</DIV>
<DIV>12 like a cloak you will roll them up,</DIV>
<DIV>and like clothing they will be changed.</DIV>
<DIV>But you are the same,</DIV>
<DIV>and your years will never end."</DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: John 1: 1 - 14 (RCL)</DIV>
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John 1: 1 - 5 (6 - 8) 9 - 14 (15 - 18) (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>John 1:1 (NRSV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into
being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come
into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. 5 The
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.</DIV>
<DIV>6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a
witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He
himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. 9 The true
light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the
world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know
him. 11 He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. 12
But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become
children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or
of the will of man, but of God.</DIV>
<DIV>14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his
glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth. 15 (John
testified to him and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, "He who comes after
me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.'") 16 From his fullness we have
all received, grace upon grace. 17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace
and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. It is God the
only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
Wohlers<BR>Woodbury, VT
USA<BR>chadwohl@satucket.com<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>