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<DIV>The following are the readings for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost,
August 5, (Proper 13, ECUSA; Proper 18, RCL & Roman Catholic) according to
the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman Catholic, Church of England,
and Canadian (BAS) Lectionaries. All readings are taken from the New Revised
Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. Unless noted otherwise, the lectionaries
of ECUSA, Canada and England are identical to the RCL this Sunday. Note that the
Canadian BAS lectionary does not include the RCL alternatives</DIV>
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<DIV>OLD TESTAMENT: 2 Samuel 11: 26 - 12: 13a (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>2Sam 11:26 (NRSV) When the wife of Uri'ah heard that her husband was dead,
she made lamentation for him. 27 When the mourning was over, David sent and
brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. </DIV>
<DIV>But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD, 12:1 and the LORD
sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in a
certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had very many
flocks and herds; 3 but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which
he had bought. He brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children;
it used to eat of his meager fare, and drink from his cup, and lie in his bosom,
and it was like a daughter to him. 4 Now there came a traveler to the rich man,
and he was loath to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the
wayfarer who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb, and prepared that
for the guest who had come to him." 5 Then David's anger was greatly kindled
against the man. He said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who has done
this deserves to die; 6 he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this
thing, and because he had no pity." </DIV>
<DIV>7 Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of
Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of
Saul; 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom,
and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little,
I would have added as much more. 9 Why have you despised the word of the LORD,
to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uri'ah the Hit'tite with
the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the
sword of the Am'monites. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your
house, for you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uri'ah the Hit'tite
to be your wife. 11 Thus says the LORD: I will raise up trouble against you from
within your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give
them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this
very sun. 12 For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all
Israel, and before the sun." 13 David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the
LORD." </DIV>
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<DIV>Exodus 16: 2 - 4, 9 - 15 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
<DIV>Exodus 16: 2 - 4, 12 - 15 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Exod 16:2 (NRSV) The whole congregation of the Israelites complained
against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, "If
only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by
the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this
wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." </DIV>
<DIV>4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread from heaven for
you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In
that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not.
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<DIV>9 Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the
Israelites, "Draw near to the LORD, for he has heard your complaining.'" 10 And
as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked toward
the wilderness, and the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 11 The LORD
spoke to Moses and said, 12 "I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say
to them, "At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your
fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'" </DIV>
<DIV>13 In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning
there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 When the layer of dew lifted, there
on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on
the ground. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is
it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread
that the LORD has given you to eat. </DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 51: 1 - 12 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 51:1 (NRSV) Have mercy on me, O God, </DIV>
<DIV>according to your steadfast love; </DIV>
<DIV>according to your abundant mercy </DIV>
<DIV>blot out my transgressions. </DIV>
<DIV>2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, </DIV>
<DIV>and cleanse me from my sin. </DIV>
<DIV>3 For I know my transgressions, </DIV>
<DIV>and my sin is ever before me. </DIV>
<DIV>4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned, </DIV>
<DIV>and done what is evil in your sight, </DIV>
<DIV>so that you are justified in your sentence </DIV>
<DIV>and blameless when you pass judgment. </DIV>
<DIV>5 Indeed, I was born guilty, </DIV>
<DIV>a sinner when my mother conceived me. </DIV>
<DIV>6 You desire truth in the inward being; </DIV>
<DIV>therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. </DIV>
<DIV>7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; </DIV>
<DIV>wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. </DIV>
<DIV>8 Let me hear joy and gladness; </DIV>
<DIV>let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. </DIV>
<DIV>9 Hide your face from my sins, </DIV>
<DIV>and blot out all my iniquities. </DIV>
<DIV>10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, </DIV>
<DIV>and put a new and right spirit within me. </DIV>
<DIV>11 Do not cast me away from your presence, </DIV>
<DIV>and do not take your holy spirit from me. </DIV>
<DIV>12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, </DIV>
<DIV>and sustain in me a willing spirit. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering in your Psalter may be different from the
above.</DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 78: 3 - 4, 23 - 25, 54 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 78: 23 - 29 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 78:3 (NRSV) [T]hings that we have heard and known, </DIV>
<DIV>that our ancestors have told us. </DIV>
<DIV>4 We will not hide them from their children; </DIV>
<DIV>we will tell to the coming generation </DIV>
<DIV>the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, </DIV>
<DIV>and the wonders that he has done. </DIV>
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<DIV>23 Yet he commanded the skies above, </DIV>
<DIV>and opened the doors of heaven; </DIV>
<DIV>24 he rained down on them manna to eat, </DIV>
<DIV>and gave them the grain of heaven. </DIV>
<DIV>25 Mortals ate of the bread of angels; </DIV>
<DIV>he sent them food in abundance. </DIV>
<DIV>26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, </DIV>
<DIV>and by his power he led out the south wind; </DIV>
<DIV>27 he rained flesh upon them like dust, </DIV>
<DIV>winged birds like the sand of the seas; </DIV>
<DIV>28 he let them fall within their camp, </DIV>
<DIV>all around their dwellings. </DIV>
<DIV>29 And they ate and were well filled, </DIV>
<DIV>for he gave them what they craved. </DIV>
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<DIV>54 And he brought them to his holy hill, </DIV>
<DIV>to the mountain that his right hand had won. </DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: Ephesians 4: 1 - 16 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Ephe 4:1 (NRSV) I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a
life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility
and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 making every
effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one
body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, 5
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all
and through all and in all. </DIV>
<DIV>7 But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ's gift.
8 Therefore it is said, </DIV>
<DIV>"When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive; </DIV>
<DIV>he gave gifts to his people." </DIV>
<DIV>9 (When it says, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also
descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is the same one
who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.) 11
The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some
evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of
ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until all of us come to the
unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the
measure of the full stature of Christ. 14 We must no longer be children, tossed
to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, by
their craftiness in deceitful scheming. 15 But speaking the truth in love, we
must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom
the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is
equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body's growth in
building itself up in love. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ephesians 4: 17, 20 - 24 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Ephe 4:17 (NRSV) Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no
longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds. </DIV>
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<DIV>20 That is not the way you learned Christ! 21 For surely you have heard
about him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus. 22 You were taught to
put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its
lusts, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to clothe
yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true
righteousness and holiness. </DIV>
<DIV>25 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our
neighbors, for we are members of one another. </DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: John 6: 24 - 35 (all)</DIV>
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<DIV>John 6:24 (NRSV) So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples
were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Caper'naum looking
for Jesus. </DIV>
<DIV>25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him,
"Rabbi, when did you come here?" 26 Jesus answered them, "Very truly, I tell
you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your
fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food
that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on
him that God the Father has set his seal." 28 Then they said to him, "What must
we do to perform the works of God?" 29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of
God, that you believe in him whom he has sent." 30 So they said to him, "What
sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What
work are you performing? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it
is written, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 32 Then Jesus said to
them, "Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from
heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the
bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
34 They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always." </DIV>
<DIV>35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will
never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
Wohlers<BR>Woodbury, VT
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