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<DIV>The following are the readings for the Third Sunday in Lent, March 4,
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 otherwise noted, the ECUSA, Canadian and Common Worship readings are
identical to the RCL this Sunday.</DIV>
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<DIV>OLD TESTAMENT: Exodus 20: 1 - 17 (all)</DIV>
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<DIV>Exod 20:1 (NRSV) Then God spoke all these words: </DIV>
<DIV>2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me. </DIV>
<DIV>4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything
that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I
the LORD your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of
parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6 but
showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and
keep my commandments. </DIV>
<DIV>7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God, for the
LORD will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. </DIV>
<DIV>8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor
and do all your work. 10 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God;
you shall not do any work--you, your son or your daughter, your male or female
slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11 For in six days
the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the
seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.
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<DIV>12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the
land that the LORD your God is giving you. </DIV>
<DIV>13 You shall not murder. </DIV>
<DIV>14 You shall not commit adultery. </DIV>
<DIV>15 You shall not steal. </DIV>
<DIV>16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. </DIV>
<DIV>17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your
neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that
belongs to your neighbor. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Vs. 4-6 and 9-11 are optional for the Roman Catholic
lectionary.</DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 19 (RCL)</DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 19: (1 - 6) 7 - 14 (C of E)</DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 19: 7 - 10 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 19:1 (NRSV) The heavens are telling the glory of God; </DIV>
<DIV>and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. </DIV>
<DIV>2 Day to day pours forth speech, </DIV>
<DIV>and night to night declares knowledge. </DIV>
<DIV>3 There is no speech, nor are there words; </DIV>
<DIV>their voice is not heard; </DIV>
<DIV>4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth, </DIV>
<DIV>and their words to the end of the world. </DIV>
<DIV>In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun, </DIV>
<DIV>5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, </DIV>
<DIV>and like a strong man runs its course with joy. </DIV>
<DIV>6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, </DIV>
<DIV>and its circuit to the end of them; </DIV>
<DIV>and nothing is hid from its heat. </DIV>
<DIV>7 The law of the LORD is perfect, </DIV>
<DIV>reviving the soul; </DIV>
<DIV>the decrees of the LORD are sure, </DIV>
<DIV>making wise the simple; </DIV>
<DIV>8 the precepts of the LORD are right, </DIV>
<DIV>rejoicing the heart; </DIV>
<DIV>the commandment of the LORD is clear, </DIV>
<DIV>enlightening the eyes; </DIV>
<DIV>9 the fear of the LORD is pure, </DIV>
<DIV>enduring forever; </DIV>
<DIV>the ordinances of the LORD are true </DIV>
<DIV>and righteous altogether. </DIV>
<DIV>10 More to be desired are they than gold, </DIV>
<DIV>even much fine gold; </DIV>
<DIV>sweeter also than honey, </DIV>
<DIV>and drippings of the honeycomb. </DIV>
<DIV>11 Moreover by them is your servant warned; </DIV>
<DIV>in keeping them there is great reward. </DIV>
<DIV>12 But who can detect their errors? </DIV>
<DIV>Clear me from hidden faults. </DIV>
<DIV>13 Keep back your servant also from the insolent; </DIV>
<DIV>do not let them have dominion over me. </DIV>
<DIV>Then I shall be blameless, </DIV>
<DIV>and innocent of great transgression. </DIV>
<DIV>14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart </DIV>
<DIV>be acceptable to you, </DIV>
<DIV>O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in Roman Catohlic bibles is one higher than the
above.</DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: 1 Corinthians 1: 18 - 25 (RCL)</DIV>
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1 Corinthians 1: 22 - 25 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>1Cor 1:18 (NRSV) For the message about the cross is foolishness to those
who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For
it is written, </DIV>
<DIV>"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, </DIV>
<DIV>and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart." </DIV>
<DIV>20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater
of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in
the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided,
through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. 22 For
Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, 23 but we proclaim Christ crucified,
a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are
the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 For God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is
stronger than human strength. </DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: John 2: 13 - 22 (RCL)</DIV>
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John 2: 13 - 25 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>John 2:13 (NRSV) The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves,
and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he
drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also
poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 He
told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop
making my Father's house a marketplace!" 17 His disciples remembered that it was
written, "Zeal for your house will consume me." 18 The Jews then said to him,
"What sign can you show us for doing this?" 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy
this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20 The Jews then said, "This
temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up
in three days?" 21 But he was speaking of the temple of his body. 22 After he
was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and
they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. </DIV>
<DIV>23 When he was in Jerusalem during the Passover festival, many believed in
his name because they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part
would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no
one to testify about anyone; for he himself knew what was in everyone. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
Wohlers<BR>Woodbury, VT
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