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<DIV>The following are the readings for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
(Proper 25), Oct. 29, 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. Throughout Pentecost the
alternate RCL Psalm would normally be used with the alternate RCL O. T. reading.
Note also that the Canadian RCL does not have the alternative readings.</DIV>
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<DIV>OLD TESTAMENT: Deuteronomy 34: 1 - 12 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Deut 34:1 (NRSV) Then Moses went up from the plains of Mo'ab to Mount
Ne'bo, to the top of Pis'gah, which is opposite Jericho, and the LORD showed him
the whole land: Gil'ead as far as Dan, 2 all Naph'tali, the land of E'phraim and
Manas'seh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, 3 the Neg'eb, and
the Plain--that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees--as far as
Zo'ar. 4 The LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, "I will give it to your descendants'; I have let
you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there." 5 Then Moses,
the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Mo'ab, at the LORD's command.
6 He was buried in a valley in the land of Mo'ab, opposite Beth-pe'or, but no
one knows his burial place to this day. 7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old
when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigor had not abated. 8 The
Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Mo'ab thirty days; then the period of
mourning for Moses was ended. </DIV>
<DIV> 9 Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses
had laid his hands on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the LORD had
commanded Moses. </DIV>
<DIV> 10 Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom
the LORD knew face to face. 11 He was unequaled for all the signs and wonders
that the LORD sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all
his servants and his entire land, 12 and for all the mighty deeds and all the
terrifying displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.
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<DIV>Exodus 22: 21 - 27 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Exod 22:21 (NRSV) You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you
were aliens in the land of Egypt. 22 You shall not abuse any widow or orphan. 23
If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry; 24
my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall
become widows and your children orphans. </DIV>
<DIV> 25 If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall
not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them. 26 If
you take your neighbor's cloak in pawn, you shall restore it before the sun goes
down; 27 for it may be your neighbor's only clothing to use as cover; in what
else shall that person sleep? And if your neighbor cries out to me, I will
listen, for I am compassionate. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: The Roman Catholic lectionary specifies vs. 20-26, but as the verse
numbering in the New American Bible is different from the NRSV, KJV, NIV, etc.,
the readings are actually the same.</DIV>
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<DIV>Leviticus 19: 1 - 2, 15 - 18 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Levi 19:1 (NRSV) The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: </DIV>
<DIV>2 Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them:
You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>15 You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the
poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor. 16 You
shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit
by the of your neighbor: I am the LORD. </DIV>
<DIV>17 You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove
your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself. 18 You shall not take vengeance
or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as
yourself: I am the LORD. </DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 90: 1 - 6, 13 - 17 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 90:1 (NRSV) Lord, you have been our dwelling place </DIV>
<DIV>in all generations. </DIV>
<DIV>2 Before the mountains were brought forth, </DIV>
<DIV>or ever you had formed the earth and the world, </DIV>
<DIV>from everlasting to everlasting you are God. </DIV>
<DIV>3 You turn us back to dust, </DIV>
<DIV>and say, "Turn back, you mortals." </DIV>
<DIV>4 For a thousand years in your sight </DIV>
<DIV>are like yesterday when it is past, </DIV>
<DIV>or like a watch in the night. </DIV>
<DIV>5 You sweep them away; they are like a dream, </DIV>
<DIV>like grass that is renewed in the morning; </DIV>
<DIV>6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; </DIV>
<DIV>in the evening it fades and withers. </DIV>
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<DIV>13 Turn, O LORD! How long? </DIV>
<DIV>Have compassion on your servants! </DIV>
<DIV>14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, </DIV>
<DIV>so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. </DIV>
<DIV>15 Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us, </DIV>
<DIV>and as many years as we have seen evil. </DIV>
<DIV>16 Let your work be manifest to your servants, </DIV>
<DIV>and your glorious power to their children. </DIV>
<DIV>17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, </DIV>
<DIV>and prosper for us the work of our hands-- </DIV>
<DIV>O prosper the work of our hands! </DIV>
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<DIV>90 Domine, refugium (ECUSA BCP)</DIV>
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<DIV>1 Lord, you have been our refuge *</DIV>
<DIV> from one generation to another. </DIV>
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<DIV>2 Before the mountains were brought
forth,</DIV>
<DIV>or the land and the earth were born, *</DIV>
<DIV> from age to age you are God.</DIV>
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<DIV>3 You turn us back to the dust and say,
*</DIV>
<DIV> “Go back, O child of earth.”</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>4 For a thousand years in your sight are like
yesterday</DIV>
<DIV> when it is past *</DIV>
<DIV> and like a watch in the night.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5 You sweep us away like a dream; *</DIV>
<DIV> we fade away suddenly like the grass.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6 In the morning it is green and flourishes;
*</DIV>
<DIV> in the evening it is dried up and withered.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>13 Return, O Lord; how long will you tarry?
*</DIV>
<DIV> be gracious to your servants.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>14 Satisfy us by your loving-kindness in the
morning; *</DIV>
<DIV> so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of
our life.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>15 Make us glad by the measure of the days
that you afflicted us *</DIV>
<DIV> and the years in which we suffered
adversity.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>16 Show your servants your works *</DIV>
<DIV> and your splendor to their children.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>17 May the graciousness of the Lord our God
be upon us; *</DIV>
<DIV> prosper the work of our hands;</DIV>
<DIV> prosper our handiwork.</DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 1 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 1:1 (NRSV) Happy are those </DIV>
<DIV>who do not follow the advice of the wicked, </DIV>
<DIV>or take the path that sinners tread, </DIV>
<DIV>or sit in the seat of scoffers; </DIV>
<DIV>2 but their delight is in the law of the LORD, </DIV>
<DIV>and on his law they meditate day and night. </DIV>
<DIV>3 They are like trees </DIV>
<DIV>planted by streams of water, </DIV>
<DIV>which yield their fruit in its season, </DIV>
<DIV>and their leaves do not wither. </DIV>
<DIV>In all that they do, they prosper. </DIV>
<DIV>4 The wicked are not so, </DIV>
<DIV>but are like chaff that the wind drives away. </DIV>
<DIV>5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, </DIV>
<DIV>nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; </DIV>
<DIV>6 for the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, </DIV>
<DIV>but the way of the wicked will perish. </DIV>
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<DIV>1 Beatus vir qui non abiit (ECUSA
BCP)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1 Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel
of</DIV>
<DIV> the wicked, *</DIV>
<DIV>nor lingered in the way of sinners,</DIV>
<DIV>nor sat in the seats of the scornful!</DIV>
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<DIV>2 Their delight is in the law of the Lord,
*</DIV>
<DIV>and they meditate on his law day and night.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3 They are like trees planted by streams of
water,</DIV>
<DIV>bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither; *</DIV>
<DIV>everything they do shall prosper.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>4 It is not so with the wicked; *</DIV>
<DIV>they are like chaff which the wind blows away.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand
upright when</DIV>
<DIV> judgment comes, *</DIV>
<DIV>nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6 For the Lord knows the way of the
righteous, *</DIV>
<DIV>but the way of the wicked is doomed.</DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 18: 1 - 3, 46, 50 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 18:1 (NRSV) I love you, O LORD, my strength. </DIV>
<DIV>2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, </DIV>
<DIV>my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, </DIV>
<DIV>my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. </DIV>
<DIV>3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, </DIV>
<DIV>so I shall be saved from my enemies. </DIV>
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<DIV>46 The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock, </DIV>
<DIV>and exalted be the God of my salvation, </DIV>
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<DIV>50 Great triumphs he gives to his king, </DIV>
<DIV>and shows steadfast love to his anointed, </DIV>
<DIV>to David and his descendants forever. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in Roman Catholic bibles is one greater than the
above</DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: 1 Thessalonians 2: 1 - 8 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>1The 2:1 (NRSV) You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming
to you was not in vain, 2 but though we had already suffered and been shamefully
mistreated at Philip'pi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to
you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition. 3 For our appeal does not
spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, 4 but just as we have been
approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we
speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. 5 As you
know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a
pretext for greed; 6 nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or
from others, 7 though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we
were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. 8 So
deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the
gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.
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<DIV>1 Thessalonians 1: 5c - 10 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>1The 1:5 (NRSV) ... [Y]ou know what kind of persons we proved to be among
you for your sake. 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in
spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,
7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedo'nia and in
Acha'ia. 8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in
Macedo'nia and Acha'ia, but in every place your faith in God has become known,
so that we have no need to speak about it. 9 For the people of those regions
report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God
from idols, to serve a living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from
heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that
is coming. </DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: Matthew 22: 34 - 46 (RCL)</DIV>
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Matthew 22: 34 - 40 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Matt 22:34 (NRSV) When the Phar'isees heard that he had silenced the
Sad'ducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a
question to test him. 36 "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the
greatest?" </DIV>
<DIV>37 He said to him, " "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the greatest and
first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
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<DIV> 41 Now while the Phar'isees were gathered together, Jesus asked them
this question: 42 "What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said
to him, "The son of David." 43 He said to them, "How is it then that David by
the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, </DIV>
<DIV>44 "The Lord said to my Lord, </DIV>
<DIV>"Sit at my right hand, </DIV>
<DIV>until I put your enemies under your feet" '? </DIV>
<DIV>45 If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?" 46 No one was able
to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more
questions. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
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