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<DIV>The following are the readings for the Liturgy of the Passion, Palm Sunday,
March 25, according to the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman
Catholic, Church of England, and Anglican Church of Canada Lectionaries. All
readings are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible.
Unless noted otherwise, the lectionaries of the ECUSA, C of E and the ACC are
identical to the RCL this Sunday.</DIV>
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<DIV>OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 50: 4 - 9a (all)</DIV>
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<DIV>Isai 50:4 (NRSV) The Lord GOD has given me </DIV>
<DIV>the tongue of a teacher, </DIV>
<DIV>that I may know how to sustain </DIV>
<DIV>the weary with a word. </DIV>
<DIV>Morning by morning he wakens-- </DIV>
<DIV>wakens my ear </DIV>
<DIV>to listen as those who are taught. </DIV>
<DIV>5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, </DIV>
<DIV>and I was not rebellious, </DIV>
<DIV>I did not turn backward. </DIV>
<DIV>6 I gave my back to those who struck me, </DIV>
<DIV>and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; </DIV>
<DIV>I did not hide my face </DIV>
<DIV>from insult and spitting. </DIV>
<DIV>7 The Lord GOD helps me; </DIV>
<DIV>therefore I have not been disgraced; </DIV>
<DIV>therefore I have set my face like flint, </DIV>
<DIV>and I know that I shall not be put to shame; </DIV>
<DIV>8 he who vindicates me is near. </DIV>
<DIV>Who will contend with me? </DIV>
<DIV>Let us stand up together. </DIV>
<DIV>Who are my adversaries? </DIV>
<DIV>Let them confront me. </DIV>
<DIV>9 It is the Lord GOD who helps me; </DIV>
<DIV>who will declare me guilty? </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: the Roman Catholic lectionary omits vs. 8-9a.</DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 31: 9 - 16 (RCL)</DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 31: 9 - 16 (17 - 18) (C of E)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 31:9 (NRSV) Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; </DIV>
<DIV>my eye wastes away from grief, </DIV>
<DIV>my soul and body also. </DIV>
<DIV>10 For my life is spent with sorrow, </DIV>
<DIV>and my years with sighing; </DIV>
<DIV>my strength fails because of my misery, </DIV>
<DIV>and my bones waste away. </DIV>
<DIV>11 I am the scorn of all my adversaries, </DIV>
<DIV>a horror to my neighbors, </DIV>
<DIV>an object of dread to my acquaintances; </DIV>
<DIV>those who see me in the street flee from me. </DIV>
<DIV>12 I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; </DIV>
<DIV>I have become like a broken vessel. </DIV>
<DIV>13 For I hear the whispering of many-- </DIV>
<DIV>terror all around!-- </DIV>
<DIV>as they scheme together against me, </DIV>
<DIV>as they plot to take my life. </DIV>
<DIV>14 But I trust in you, O LORD; </DIV>
<DIV>I say, "You are my God." </DIV>
<DIV>15 My times are in your hand; </DIV>
<DIV>deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. </DIV>
<DIV>16 Let your face shine upon your servant; </DIV>
<DIV>save me in your steadfast love. </DIV>
<DIV>17 Do not let me be put to shame, O LORD, </DIV>
<DIV>for I call on you; </DIV>
<DIV>let the wicked be put to shame; </DIV>
<DIV>let them go dumbfounded to Sheol. </DIV>
<DIV>18 Let the lying lips be stilled </DIV>
<DIV>that speak insolently against the righteous </DIV>
<DIV>with pride and contempt. </DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 22: 7 - 8, 16 - 19, 22 - 23 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 22 (NRSV) </DIV>
<DIV>7 All who see me mock at me; </DIV>
<DIV>they make mouths at me, they shake their heads; </DIV>
<DIV>8 "Commit your cause to the LORD; let him deliver-- </DIV>
<DIV>let him rescue the one in whom he delights!" </DIV>
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<DIV>16 For dogs are all around me; </DIV>
<DIV>a company of evildoers encircles me. </DIV>
<DIV>My hands and feet have shriveled; </DIV>
<DIV>17 I can count all my bones. </DIV>
<DIV>They stare and gloat over me; </DIV>
<DIV>18 they divide my clothes among themselves, </DIV>
<DIV>and for my clothing they cast lots. </DIV>
<DIV>19 But you, O LORD, do not be far away! </DIV>
<DIV>O my help, come quickly to my aid! </DIV>
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<DIV>22 I will tell of your name to my brothers and sisters;</DIV>
<DIV>in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:</DIV>
<DIV>23 You who fear the LORD, praise him!</DIV>
<DIV>All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him;</DIV>
<DIV>stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!</DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in Roman Catholic bibles is different from the
above.</DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: Philippians 2: 5 - 11 (all but Roman
Catholic)</DIV>
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Philippians 2: 6 - 11 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil 2:5 (NRSV) Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
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<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></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>