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<DIV>The following are the readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost,
September 11, (Proper 19) 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>OLD TESTAMENT: Jeremiah 4: 11 - 12, 22 - 28 (RCL) </DIV>
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<DIV>Jere 4:11 (NRSV) At that time it will be said to this people and to
Jerusalem: A hot wind comes from me out of the bare heights in the desert toward
my poor people, not to winnow or cleanse-- 12 a wind too strong for that. Now it
is I who speak in judgment against them. </DIV>
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<DIV>22 "For my people are foolish, </DIV>
<DIV>they do not know me; </DIV>
<DIV>they are stupid children, </DIV>
<DIV>they have no understanding. </DIV>
<DIV>They are skilled in doing evil, </DIV>
<DIV>but do not know how to do good." </DIV>
<DIV>23 I looked on the earth, and lo, it was waste and void; </DIV>
<DIV>and to the heavens, and they had no light. </DIV>
<DIV>24 I looked on the mountains, and lo, they were quaking, </DIV>
<DIV>and all the hills moved to and fro. </DIV>
<DIV>25 I looked, and lo, there was no one at all, </DIV>
<DIV>and all the birds of the air had fled. </DIV>
<DIV>26 I looked, and lo, the fruitful land was a desert, </DIV>
<DIV>and all its cities were laid in ruins </DIV>
<DIV>before the LORD, before his fierce anger. </DIV>
<DIV>27 For thus says the LORD: The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will
not make a full end. </DIV>
<DIV>28 Because of this the earth shall mourn, </DIV>
<DIV>and the heavens above grow black; </DIV>
<DIV>for I have spoken, I have purposed; </DIV>
<DIV>I have not relented nor will I turn back. </DIV>
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<DIV>Exodus 32: 7 - 14 (alt. for RCL) </DIV>
<DIV>Exodus 32: 7 - 11, 13 - 14 (Roman Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>Exod 32:7 (NRSV) The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once! Your people,
whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; 8 they have
been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for
themselves an image of a calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and
said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of
Egypt!'" 9 The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, how stiff-necked
they are. 10 Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I
may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation." </DIV>
<DIV>11 But Moses implored the LORD his God, and said, "O LORD, why does your
wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt
with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, "It
was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and
to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your fierce wrath; change
your mind and do not bring disaster on your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac,
and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to
them, "I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this
land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall
inherit it forever.'" 14 And the LORD changed his mind about the disaster that
he planned to bring on his people. </DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 14 (RCL) </DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 14:1 (NRSV) Fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." </DIV>
<DIV>They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; </DIV>
<DIV>there is no one who does good. </DIV>
<DIV>2 The LORD looks down from heaven on humankind </DIV>
<DIV>to see if there are any who are wise, </DIV>
<DIV>who seek after God. </DIV>
<DIV>3 They have all gone astray, they are all alike perverse; </DIV>
<DIV>there is no one who does good, </DIV>
<DIV>no, not one. </DIV>
<DIV>4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers </DIV>
<DIV>who eat up my people as they eat bread, </DIV>
<DIV>and do not call upon the LORD? </DIV>
<DIV>5 There they shall be in great terror, </DIV>
<DIV>for God is with the company of the righteous. </DIV>
<DIV>6 You would confound the plans of the poor, </DIV>
<DIV>but the LORD is their refuge. </DIV>
<DIV>7 O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion! </DIV>
<DIV>When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, </DIV>
<DIV>Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad. </DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 51: 1 - 10 (alt. for RCL) </DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 51: 1 - 2, 10 - 11, 15, 17 (Roman Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 51:1 (NRSV) Have mercy on me, O God, </DIV>
<DIV>according to your steadfast love; </DIV>
<DIV>according to your abundant mercy </DIV>
<DIV>blot out my transgressions. </DIV>
<DIV>2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, </DIV>
<DIV>and cleanse me from my sin. </DIV>
<DIV>3 For I know my transgressions, </DIV>
<DIV>and my sin is ever before me. </DIV>
<DIV>4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned, </DIV>
<DIV>and done what is evil in your sight, </DIV>
<DIV>so that you are justified in your sentence </DIV>
<DIV>and blameless when you pass judgment. </DIV>
<DIV>5 Indeed, I was born guilty, </DIV>
<DIV>a sinner when my mother conceived me. </DIV>
<DIV>6 You desire truth in the inward being; </DIV>
<DIV>therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. </DIV>
<DIV>7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; </DIV>
<DIV>wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. </DIV>
<DIV>8 Let me hear joy and gladness; </DIV>
<DIV>let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. </DIV>
<DIV>9 Hide your face from my sins, </DIV>
<DIV>and blot out all my iniquities. </DIV>
<DIV>10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, </DIV>
<DIV>and put a new and right spirit within me. </DIV>
<DIV>11 Do not cast me away from your presence, </DIV>
<DIV>and do not take your holy spirit from me. </DIV>
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<DIV>15 O Lord, open my lips, </DIV>
<DIV>and my mouth will declare your praise. </DIV>
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<DIV>17 The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; </DIV>
<DIV>a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in the C of E and ECUSA Psalters and in the Roman
Catholic Bible is different from the above. </DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: 1 Timothy 1: 12 - 17 (all) </DIV>
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<DIV>1Tim 1:12 (NRSV) I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has
strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service,
13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence.
But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the
grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ
Jesus. 15 The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the foremost. 16 But for that
very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might
display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to
believe in him for eternal life. 17 To the King of the ages, immortal,
invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. </DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: Luke 15: 1 - 10 (RCL) </DIV>
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Luke 15: 1 - 10 (11 - 32) (Roman Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>Luke 15:1 (NRSV) Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to
listen to him. 2 And the Phar'isees and the scribes were grumbling and saying,
"This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them." </DIV>
<DIV>3 So he told them this parable: 4 "Which one of you, having a hundred sheep
and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go
after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 When he has found it, he lays it
on his shoulders and rejoices. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his
friends and neighbors, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my
sheep that was lost.' 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven
over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no
repentance. </DIV>
<DIV>8 "Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does
not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 9
When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying,
"Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.' 10 Just so, I tell
you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who
repents." </DIV>
<DIV>11 Then Jesus said, "There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger of
them said to his father, "Father, give me the share of the property that will
belong to me.' So he divided his property between them. 13 A few days later the
younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he
squandered his property in dissolute living. 14 When he had spent everything, a
severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. 15
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who
sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. 16 He would gladly have filled himself
with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. 17 But
when he came to himself he said, "How many of my father's hired hands have bread
enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! 18 I will get up and go to
my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and
before you; 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of
your hired hands." ' 20 So he set off and went to his father. But while he was
still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put
his arms around him and kissed him. 21 Then the son said to him, "Father, I have
sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your
son.' 22 But the father said to his slaves, "Quickly, bring out a robe--the best
one--and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 And
get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; 24 for this son
of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!' And they began
to celebrate. </DIV>
<DIV>25 "Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the
house, he heard music and dancing. 26 He called one of the slaves and asked what
was going on. 27 He replied, "Your brother has come, and your father has killed
the fatted calf, because he has got him back safe and sound.' 28 Then he became
angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him. 29
But he answered his father, "Listen! For all these years I have been working
like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have
never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. 30
But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with
prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!' 31 Then the father said to
him, "Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 But we had
to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to
life; he was lost and has been found.'" </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
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