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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The following are the readings for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Jan. 22, 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, C of E, and Canadian lectionaries are identical to the RCL for this day.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 9: 1 - 4 (RCL, Roman Catholic) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Isai 9:1 (NRSV) But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zeb'ulun and the land of Naph'tali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>2 The people who walked in darkness <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>have seen a great light; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>those who lived in a land of deep darkness-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>on them light has shined. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>3 You have multiplied the nation, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>you have increased its joy; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>they rejoice before you <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>as with joy at the harvest, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>as people exult when dividing plunder. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>4 For the yoke of their burden, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>and the bar across their shoulders, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>the rod of their oppressor, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>you have broken as on the day of Mid'ian. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Note: Verses are numbered differently in Roman Catholic bibles; this is 8:23a, 9:1-3. By the above translation, the Roman Catholic Lectionary omits the second sentence of 9:1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>PSALM 27: 1, 4 - 9 (RCL) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Psalm 27: 1, 4, 13 - 14 (Roman Catholic) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Psal 27:1 (NRSV) The LORD is my light and my salvation; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>whom shall I fear? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The LORD is the stronghold of my life; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>of whom shall I be afraid? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>4 One thing I asked of the LORD, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>that will I seek after: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>to live in the house of the LORD <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>all the days of my life, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>to behold the beauty of the LORD, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>and to inquire in his temple. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>5 For he will hide me in his shelter <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>in the day of trouble; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>he will set me high on a rock. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>6 Now my head is lifted up <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>above my enemies all around me, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>and I will offer in his tent <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>sacrifices with shouts of joy; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I will sing and make melody to the LORD. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>be gracious to me and answer me! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>8 "Come," my heart says, "seek his face!" <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Your face, LORD, do I seek. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>9 Do not hide your face from me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Do not turn your servant away in anger, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>you who have been my help. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>O God of my salvation! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>in the land of the living. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>14 Wait for the LORD; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>be strong, and let your heart take courage; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>wait for the LORD! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Note: Verse numbering in your Psalter may be different from the above. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>27</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Dominus illuminatio </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(ECUSA BCP)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond-Normal'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>1 The L<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>ord</span> is my light and my salvation;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>whom then shall I fear? *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> the L<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>ord</span> is the strength of my life;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> of whom then shall I be afraid?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>5 One thing have I asked of the L<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>ord</span>;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>one thing I seek; *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> that I may dwell in the house of the L<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>ord</span> all the days<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> of my life;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>6 To behold the fair beauty of the L<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>ord</span> *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> and to seek him in his temple.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>7 For in the day of trouble he shall keep me safe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> in his shelter; *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> he shall hide me in the secrecy of his dwelling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> and set me high upon a rock.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>8 Even now he lifts up my head *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> above my enemies round about me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>9 Therefore I will offer in his dwelling an oblation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>with sounds of great gladness; *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> I will sing and make music to the L<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>ord</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>10 Hearken to my voice, O L<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>ord</span>, when I call; *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> have mercy on me and answer me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>11 You speak in my heart and say, "Seek my face." *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> Your face, L<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>ord</span>, will I seek.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>12 Hide not your face from me, *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> nor turn away your servant in displeasure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:6.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>13 You have been my helper;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>cast me not away; *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:13.5pt;text-indent:-13.5pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> do not forsake me, O God of my salvation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>NEW TESTAMENT: 1 Corinthians 1: 10 - 18 (RCL) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> 1 Corinthians 1: 10 - 13, 17 (Roman Catholic) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>1Cor 1:10 (NRSV) Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose. 11 For it has been reported to me by Chlo'e's people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters. 12 What I mean is that each of you says, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apol'los," or "I belong to Ce'phas," or "I belong to Christ." 13 Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Cris'pus and Ga'ius, 15 so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (I did baptize also the household of Steph'anas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>18 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>GOSPEL: Matthew 4: 12 - 23 (all)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Matt 4:12 (NRSV) Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Caper'naum by the sea, in the territory of Zeb'ulun and Naph'tali, 14 so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isai'ah might be fulfilled: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>15 "Land of Zeb'ulun, land of Naph'tali, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>16 the people who sat in darkness <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>have seen a great light, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>light has dawned." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea--for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zeb'edee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zeb'edee, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Note: Vs. 18-23 are optional for Roman Catholics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chad Wohlers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Woodbury, VT USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>chadwohl@satucket.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>