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<DIV>The following are the readings for Holy Name (formerly The Circumcision),
Jan. 1, according to the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman
Catholic, Canadian (Canadian BAS) and Church of England (Common Worship)
Lectionaries. All readings are taken from the New Revised Standard Version
(NRSV) of the Bible. The ECUSA, Canadian and C of E lectionaries are identical
to the RCL for this day.</DIV>
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<DIV>Note that this day is called the "Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" in
the Roman Catholic lectionary.</DIV>
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<DIV>OLD TESTAMENT: Numbers 6: 22-27 (RCL, Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Numb 6:22 (NRSV) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 23 Speak to Aaron and his
sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the Israelites: You shall say to them, </DIV>
<DIV>24 The LORD bless you and keep you; </DIV>
<DIV>25 the LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; </DIV>
<DIV>26 the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. </DIV>
<DIV>27 So they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.
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<DIV>PSALM 8 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 8:1 (NRSV) O LORD, our Sovereign, </DIV>
<DIV>how majestic is your name in all the earth! </DIV>
<DIV>You have set your glory above the heavens. </DIV>
<DIV>2 Out of the mouths of babes and infants </DIV>
<DIV>you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, </DIV>
<DIV>to silence the enemy and the avenger. </DIV>
<DIV>3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, </DIV>
<DIV>the moon and the stars that you have established; </DIV>
<DIV>4 what are human beings that you are mindful of them, </DIV>
<DIV>mortals that you care for them? </DIV>
<DIV>5 Yet you have made them a little lower than God, </DIV>
<DIV>and crowned them with glory and honor. </DIV>
<DIV>6 You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; </DIV>
<DIV>you have put all things under their feet, </DIV>
<DIV>7 all sheep and oxen, </DIV>
<DIV>and also the beasts of the field, </DIV>
<DIV>8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, </DIV>
<DIV>whatever passes along the paths of the seas. </DIV>
<DIV>9 O LORD, our Sovereign, </DIV>
<DIV>how majestic is your name in all the earth! </DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 67: 1 - 2, 4 - 5, 7 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 67:1 (NRSV) {To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A
Song.} </DIV>
<DIV>May God be gracious to us and bless us </DIV>
<DIV>and make his face to shine upon us, [Selah] </DIV>
<DIV>2 that your way may be known upon earth, </DIV>
<DIV>your saving power among all nations. </DIV>
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<DIV>4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, </DIV>
<DIV>for you judge the peoples with equity </DIV>
<DIV>and guide the nations upon earth. [Selah] </DIV>
<DIV>5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; </DIV>
<DIV>let all the peoples praise you. </DIV>
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<DIV>7 May God continue to bless us; </DIV>
<DIV>let all the ends of the earth revere him. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in Roman Catholic bibles is one higher than the
above.</DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: Galatians 4: 4 - 7 (RCL, Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Gala 4:4 (NRSV) But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son,
born of a woman, born under the law, 5 in order to redeem those who were under
the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. 6 And because you are
children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba!
Father!" 7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an
heir, through God. </DIV>
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<DIV>Philippians 2: 5 - 11 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil 2:1 (NRSV) If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any
consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, 2
make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full
accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in
humility regard others as better than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not to
your own interests, but to the interests of others. 5 Let the same mind be in
you that was in Christ Jesus, </DIV>
<DIV>6 who, though he was in the form of God, </DIV>
<DIV>did not regard equality with God </DIV>
<DIV>as something to be exploited, </DIV>
<DIV>7 but emptied himself, </DIV>
<DIV>taking the form of a slave, </DIV>
<DIV>being born in human likeness. </DIV>
<DIV>And being found in human form, </DIV>
<DIV>8 he humbled himself </DIV>
<DIV>and became obedient to the point of death-- </DIV>
<DIV>even death on a cross. </DIV>
<DIV>9 Therefore God also highly exalted him </DIV>
<DIV>and gave him the name </DIV>
<DIV>that is above every name, </DIV>
<DIV>10 so that at the name of Jesus </DIV>
<DIV>every knee should bend, </DIV>
<DIV>in heaven and on earth and under the earth, </DIV>
<DIV>11 and every tongue should confess </DIV>
<DIV>that Jesus Christ is Lord, </DIV>
<DIV>to the glory of God the Father. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: This is not an alternative for the C of E</DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: Luke 2: 15 - 21 (RCL)</DIV>
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Luke 2: 16 - 21 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Luke 2:15 (NRSV) When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the
shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing
that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." 16 So they went with
haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. 17 When they
saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; 18 and all
who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary treasured
all these words and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told
them. </DIV>
<DIV>21 After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he
was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the
womb. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
Wohlers<BR>Woodbury, VT
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