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<DIV>The following are the readings for the Last Sunday after Pentecost (Proper
29, Christ the King), Nov. 26, according to the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal
(ECUSA), Roman Catholic, Canadian BAS, and the Church of England (Common
Worship) lectionaries. Unless noted otherwise, the ECUSA, C of E and Canadian
BAS readings are identical to the RCL this Sunday. All readings are taken
from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. 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: Ezekiel 34: 11 - 16, 20 - 24 (RCL)</DIV>
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Ezekiel 34: 11 - 12, 15 - 17 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Ezek 34:11 (NRSV) For thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will search for my
sheep, and will seek them out. 12 As shepherds seek out their flocks when they
are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them
from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and
thick darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from
the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on
the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of
the land. 14 I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of
Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land,
and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will
be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord GOD.
16 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up
the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will
destroy. I will feed them with justice. </DIV>
<DIV>17 As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: I shall judge between
sheep and sheep, between rams and goats. </DIV>
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<DIV>20 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: I myself will judge between
the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you pushed with flank and shoulder,
and butted at all the weak animals with your horns until you scattered them far
and wide, 22 I will save my flock, and they shall no longer be ravaged; and I
will judge between sheep and sheep. </DIV>
<DIV>23 I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall
feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the LORD, will be
their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them; I, the LORD, have
spoken. </DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 100 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 100:1 (NRSV) Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. </DIV>
<DIV>2 Worship the LORD with gladness; </DIV>
<DIV>come into his presence with singing. </DIV>
<DIV>3 Know that the LORD is God. </DIV>
<DIV>It is he that made us, and we are his; </DIV>
<DIV>we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. </DIV>
<DIV>4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, </DIV>
<DIV>and his courts with praise. </DIV>
<DIV>Give thanks to him, bless his name. </DIV>
<DIV>5 For the LORD is good; </DIV>
<DIV>his steadfast love endures forever, </DIV>
<DIV>and his faithfulness to all generations. </DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 95 1 - 7 (C of E, alt. for ECUSA)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 95:1 (NRSV) O come, let us sing to the LORD; </DIV>
<DIV>let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! </DIV>
<DIV>2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; </DIV>
<DIV>let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! </DIV>
<DIV>3 For the LORD is a great God, </DIV>
<DIV>and a great King above all gods. </DIV>
<DIV>4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; </DIV>
<DIV>the heights of the mountains are his also. </DIV>
<DIV>5 The sea is his, for he made it, </DIV>
<DIV>and the dry land, which his hands have formed. </DIV>
<DIV>6 O come, let us worship and bow down, </DIV>
<DIV>let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! </DIV>
<DIV>7 For he is our God, </DIV>
<DIV>and we are the people of his pasture, </DIV>
<DIV>and the sheep of his hand. </DIV>
<DIV>O that today you would listen to his voice! </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: the last part of verse 7 is omitted by ECUSA</DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 23 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 23:1 (NRSV) The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. </DIV>
<DIV>2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; </DIV>
<DIV>he leads me beside still waters;</DIV>
<DIV>3 he restores my soul. </DIV>
<DIV>He leads me in right paths </DIV>
<DIV>for his name's sake. </DIV>
<DIV>4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,</DIV>
<DIV>I fear no evil:</DIV>
<DIV>for you are with me;</DIV>
<DIV>your rod and your staff -</DIV>
<DIV>they comfort me.</DIV>
<DIV>5 You prepare a table before me </DIV>
<DIV>in the presence of my enemies; </DIV>
<DIV>you anoint my head with oil; </DIV>
<DIV>my cup overflows. </DIV>
<DIV>6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me </DIV>
<DIV>all the days of my life, </DIV>
<DIV>and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD </DIV>
<DIV>my whole life long. </DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: Ephesians 1: 15 - 23 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Ephe 1:15 (NRSV) I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love
toward all the saints, and for this reason 16 I do not cease to give thanks for
you as I remember you in my prayers. 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as
you come to know him, 18 so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you
may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his
glorious inheritance among the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness
of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. 20
God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated
him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and
authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only
in this age but also in the age to come. 22 And he has put all things under his
feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, 23 which is his
body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. </DIV>
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<DIV>1 Corinthians 15: 20 - 26, 28 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>1Cor 15:20 (NRSV) But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the
first fruits of those who have died. 21 For since death came through a human
being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; 22 for
as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. 23 But each in his own
order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after
he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign
until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be
destroyed is death.</DIV>
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<DIV>28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be
subjected to the one who put all things in subjection under him, so that God may
be all in all. </DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: Matthew 25: 31 - 46 (all)</DIV>
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<DIV>Matt 25:31 (NRSV) "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the
angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32 All the nations
will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a
shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33 and he will put the sheep at his
right hand and the goats at the left. 34 Then the king will say to those at his
right hand, "Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 for I was hungry and you
gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger
and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you
took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.' 37 Then the righteous will
answer him, "Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or
thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38 And when was it that we saw you a
stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 39 And when was it
that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?' 40 And the king will answer
them, "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are
members of my family, you did it to me.' 41 Then he will say to those at his
left hand, "You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared
for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was
thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not
welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you
did not visit me.' 44 Then they also will answer, "Lord, when was it that we saw
you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not
take care of you?' 45 Then he will answer them, "Truly I tell you, just as you
did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' 46 And
these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal
life." </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
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