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<DIV>The following are the readings for the Day of Pentecost, May 15, 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.</DIV>
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<DIV>For all but the Roman Catholics, the passage from Acts may be used for the
second reading, if the alternative from the Old Testament was used as first
reading.</DIV>
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<DIV>FIRST READING: Acts 2: 1 - 21 (RCL)</DIV>
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Acts 2: 1 - 11 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Acts 2:1 (NRSV) When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together
in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a
violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 Divided
tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other
languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. 5 Now there were devout Jews from
every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6 And at this sound the crowd
gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native
language of each. 7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, "Are not all these who
are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own
native language? 9 Par'thians, Medes, E'lamites, and residents of Mesopota'mia,
Judea and Cappado'cia, Pon'tus and Asia, 10 Phryg'ia and Pamphyl'ia, Egypt and
the parts of Lib'ya belonging to Cyre'ne, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and
proselytes, 11 Cre'tans and A'rabs--in our own languages we hear them speaking
about God's deeds of power." 12 All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one
another, "What does this mean?" 13 But others sneered and said, "They are filled
with new wine."</DIV>
<DIV>14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed
them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and
listen to what I say. 15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is
only nine o'clock in the morning. 16 No, this is what was spoken through the
prophet Jo'el:</DIV>
<DIV>17 "In the last days it will be, God declares,</DIV>
<DIV>that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,</DIV>
<DIV>and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,</DIV>
<DIV>and your young men shall see visions,</DIV>
<DIV>and your old men shall dream dreams.</DIV>
<DIV>18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women,</DIV>
<DIV>in those days I will pour out my Spirit;</DIV>
<DIV>and they shall prophesy.</DIV>
<DIV>19 And I will show portents in the heaven above</DIV>
<DIV>and signs on the earth below,</DIV>
<DIV>blood, and fire, and smoky mist.</DIV>
<DIV>20 The sun shall be turned to darkness</DIV>
<DIV>and the moon to blood,</DIV>
<DIV>before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day.</DIV>
<DIV>21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'</DIV>
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<DIV>Genesis 11: 1 - 9 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Gene 11:1 (NRSV) Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of
Shi'nar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make
bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for
mortar. 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with
its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall
be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." 5 The LORD came down to
see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. 6 And the LORD said, "Look,
they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the
beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be
impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there,
so that they will not understand one another's speech." 8 So the LORD scattered
them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off
building the city. 9 Therefore it was called Ba'bel, because there the LORD
confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them
abroad over the face of all the earth.</DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 104: 24 - 34, 35b (RCL)</DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 104: 1a, 24, 29 - 31, 34 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 104:1 (NRSV) Bless the LORD, O my soul.</DIV>
<DIV>O LORD my God, you are very great.</DIV>
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<DIV>24 O LORD, how manifold are your works!</DIV>
<DIV>In wisdom you have made them all;</DIV>
<DIV>the earth is full of your creatures.</DIV>
<DIV>25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide,</DIV>
<DIV>creeping things innumerable are there,</DIV>
<DIV>living things both small and great.</DIV>
<DIV>26 There go the ships,</DIV>
<DIV>and Levi'athan that you formed to sport in it.</DIV>
<DIV>27 These all look to you</DIV>
<DIV>to give them their food in due season;</DIV>
<DIV>28 when you give to them, they gather it up;</DIV>
<DIV>when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.</DIV>
<DIV>29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;</DIV>
<DIV>when you take away their breath, they die</DIV>
<DIV>and return to their dust.</DIV>
<DIV>30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created;</DIV>
<DIV>and you renew the face of the ground.</DIV>
<DIV>31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever;</DIV>
<DIV>may the LORD rejoice in his works--</DIV>
<DIV>32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,</DIV>
<DIV>who touches the mountains and they smoke.</DIV>
<DIV>33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;</DIV>
<DIV>I will sing praise to my God while I have being.</DIV>
<DIV>34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,</DIV>
<DIV>for I rejoice in the LORD.</DIV>
<DIV>35 </DIV>
<DIV>Bless the LORD, O my soul.</DIV>
<DIV>Praise the LORD!</DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in your Psalter may differ from the above. </DIV>
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<DIV>SECOND READING: Romans 8: 14 - 17 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Roma 8:14 (NRSV) For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of
God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but
you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" 16 it is
that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ--if, in
fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Corinthians 12: 3b - 7, 12 - 13 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>1Cor 12:3 (NRSV) [N]o one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy
Spirit. 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are
varieties of services, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of
activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. 7 To
each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. </DIV>
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<DIV>12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of
the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in the one
Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and
we were all made to drink of one Spirit.</DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: John 14: 8 - 17 (25 - 27) (RCL)</DIV>
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John 14: 14 - 16, 23b - 26 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>John 14:8 (NRSV) Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will
be satisfied." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip,
and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can
you say, "Show us the Father'? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and
the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but
the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the
Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of
the works themselves. 12 Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will
also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these,
because I am going to the Father. 13 I will do whatever you ask in my name, so
that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If in my name you ask me for
anything, I will do it. 15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you
forever. 17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because
it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and
he will be in you.</DIV>
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<DIV>23 Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father
will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Whoever
does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine,
but is from the Father who sent me.</DIV>
<DIV>25 "I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26 But the
Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you
everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with
you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let
your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.</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>