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<DIV>The following are the readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost,
September 17, (Proper 20) 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>The readings are posted on our web site: <<A
href="http://satucket.com/lectionary">http://satucket.com/lectionary</A>>, in
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<DIV>Sorry it’s late, but we’ve been “incommunicado” on Santa Rosa Island.</DIV>
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<DIV>OLD TESTAMENT: Jeremiah 8: 18 - 9: 1 (RCL) </DIV>
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<DIV>Jere 8:18 (NRSV) My joy is gone, grief is upon me, </DIV>
<DIV>my heart is sick. </DIV>
<DIV>19 Hark, the cry of my poor people </DIV>
<DIV>from far and wide in the land: </DIV>
<DIV>"Is the LORD not in Zion? </DIV>
<DIV>Is her King not in her?" </DIV>
<DIV>("Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, </DIV>
<DIV>with their foreign idols?") </DIV>
<DIV>20 "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, </DIV>
<DIV>and we are not saved." </DIV>
<DIV>21 For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, </DIV>
<DIV>I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me. </DIV>
<DIV>22 Is there no balm in Gil'ead? </DIV>
<DIV>Is there no physician there? </DIV>
<DIV>Why then has the health of my poor people </DIV>
<DIV>not been restored? 9:1 {Ch 8.23 in Heb} </DIV>
<DIV>O that my head were a spring of water, </DIV>
<DIV>and my eyes a fountain of tears, </DIV>
<DIV>so that I might weep day and night </DIV>
<DIV>for the slain of my poor people! </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Amos 8: 4 - 7 (Roman Catholic, alt. for RCL) </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Amos 8:4 (NRSV) Hear this, you that trample on the needy, </DIV>
<DIV>and bring to ruin the poor of the land, </DIV>
<DIV>5 saying, "When will the new moon be over </DIV>
<DIV>so that we may sell grain; </DIV>
<DIV>and the sabbath, </DIV>
<DIV>so that we may offer wheat for sale? </DIV>
<DIV>We will make the ephah small and the shekel great, </DIV>
<DIV>and practice deceit with false balances, </DIV>
<DIV>6 buying the poor for silver </DIV>
<DIV>and the needy for a pair of sandals, </DIV>
<DIV>and selling the sweepings of the wheat." </DIV>
<DIV>7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: </DIV>
<DIV>Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>PSALM 79: 1 - 9 (RCL) </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Psal 79:1 (NRSV) O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; </DIV>
<DIV>they have defiled your holy temple; </DIV>
<DIV>they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. </DIV>
<DIV>2 They have given the bodies of your servants </DIV>
<DIV>to the birds of the air for food, </DIV>
<DIV>the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth. </DIV>
<DIV>3 They have poured out their blood like water </DIV>
<DIV>all around Jerusalem, </DIV>
<DIV>and there was no one to bury them. </DIV>
<DIV>4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors, </DIV>
<DIV>mocked and derided by those around us. </DIV>
<DIV>5 How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? </DIV>
<DIV>Will your jealous wrath burn like fire? </DIV>
<DIV>6 Pour out your anger on the nations </DIV>
<DIV>that do not know you, </DIV>
<DIV>and on the kingdoms </DIV>
<DIV>that do not call on your name. </DIV>
<DIV>7 For they have devoured Jacob </DIV>
<DIV>and laid waste his habitation. </DIV>
<DIV>8 Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors; </DIV>
<DIV>let your compassion come speedily to meet us, </DIV>
<DIV>for we are brought very low. </DIV>
<DIV>9 Help us, O God of our salvation, </DIV>
<DIV>for the glory of your name; </DIV>
<DIV>deliver us, and forgive our sins, </DIV>
<DIV>for your name's sake. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>79 Deus, venerunt (ECUSA BCP)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1 O God, the heathen have come into your
inheritance;</DIV>
<DIV>they have profaned your holy temple; *</DIV>
<DIV> they have made Jerusalem a heap of rubble.</DIV>
<DIV>.</DIV>
<DIV>2 They have given the bodies of your servants
as food for the</DIV>
<DIV> birds of the air, *</DIV>
<DIV> and the flesh of your faithful ones to the
beasts</DIV>
<DIV> of the field.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3 They have shed their blood like water on
every side</DIV>
<DIV> of Jerusalem, *</DIV>
<DIV> and there was no one to bury them.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
*</DIV>
<DIV> an object of scorn and derision to those around
us.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5 How long will you be angry, O Lord? *</DIV>
<DIV> will your fury blaze like fire for ever?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6 Pour out your wrath upon the heathen who
have not</DIV>
<DIV> known you *</DIV>
<DIV> and upon the kingdoms that have not called
upon</DIV>
<DIV> your Name.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>7 For they have devoured Jacob *</DIV>
<DIV> and made his dwelling a ruin.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>8 Remember not our past sins;</DIV>
<DIV>let your compassion be swift to meet us; *</DIV>
<DIV> for we have been brought very low.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>9 Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of
your Name; *</DIV>
<DIV> deliver us and forgive us our sins, for your
Name's sake.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 113 (alt. for RCL) </DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 113: 1 - 2, 4 - 8 (Roman Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 113:1 (NRSV) Praise the LORD! </DIV>
<DIV>Praise, O servants of the LORD; </DIV>
<DIV>praise the name of the LORD. </DIV>
<DIV>2 Blessed be the name of the LORD </DIV>
<DIV>from this time on and forevermore. </DIV>
<DIV>3 From the rising of the sun to its setting </DIV>
<DIV>the name of the LORD is to be praised. </DIV>
<DIV>4 The LORD is high above all nations, </DIV>
<DIV>and his glory above the heavens. </DIV>
<DIV>5 Who is like the LORD our God, </DIV>
<DIV>who is seated on high, </DIV>
<DIV>6 who looks far down </DIV>
<DIV>on the heavens and the earth? </DIV>
<DIV>7 He raises the poor from the dust, </DIV>
<DIV>and lifts the needy from the ash heap, </DIV>
<DIV>8 to make them sit with princes, </DIV>
<DIV>with the princes of his people. </DIV>
<DIV>9 He gives the barren woman a home, </DIV>
<DIV>making her the joyous mother of children. </DIV>
<DIV>Praise the LORD! </DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>113 Laudate, pueri (ECUSA BCP)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1 Hallelujah!</DIV>
<DIV>Give praise, you servants of the Lord; *</DIV>
<DIV> praise the Name of the Lord.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2 Let the Name of the Lord be blessed,
*</DIV>
<DIV> from this time forth for evermore.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3 From the rising of the sun to its going
down *</DIV>
<DIV> let the Name of the Lord be praised.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>4 The Lord is high above all nations, *</DIV>
<DIV> and his glory above the heavens.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5 Who is like the Lord our God, who sits
enthroned on high, *</DIV>
<DIV> but stoops to behold the heavens and the
earth?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6 He takes up the weak out of the dust
*</DIV>
<DIV> and lifts up the poor from the ashes.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>7 He sets them with the princes, *</DIV>
<DIV> with the princes of his people.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>8 He makes the woman of a childless house
*</DIV>
<DIV> to be a joyful mother of children.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: 1 Timothy 2: 1 - 7 (RCL) </DIV>
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1 Timothy 2: 1 - 8 (Roman Catholic) </DIV>
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<DIV>1Tim 2:1 (NRSV) First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, 2 for kings and all who
are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
godliness and dignity. 3 This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior, 4 who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the
truth. 5 For </DIV>
<DIV>there is one God; </DIV>
<DIV>there is also one mediator between God and humankind, </DIV>
<DIV>Christ Jesus, himself human, </DIV>
<DIV>6 who gave himself a ransom for all </DIV>
<DIV>--this was attested at the right time. 7 For this I was appointed a herald
and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the
Gentiles in faith and truth. </DIV>
<DIV>8 I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy
hands without anger or argument; </DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>GOSPEL: Luke 16: 1 - 13 (all) </DIV>
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<DIV>Luke 16:1 (NRSV) Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man
who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering
his property. 2 So he summoned him and said to him, "What is this that I hear
about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my
manager any longer.' 3 Then the manager said to himself, "What will I do, now
that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to
dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to do so that, when I am
dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' 5 So, summoning
his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, "How much do you owe my
master?' 6 He answered, "A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, "Take
your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' 7 Then he asked another, "And
how much do you owe?' He replied, "A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to
him, "Take your bill and make it eighty.' 8 And his master commended the
dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age
are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of
light. 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest
wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.
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<DIV>10 "Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and
whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. 11 If then you
have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the
true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another,
who will give you what is your own? 13 No slave can serve two masters; for a
slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and
despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."</DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Vs. 1-9 are optional in the Roman Catholic lectionary</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
Wohlers<BR>Woodbury, VT USA (but right now in
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