[Propertalk] READINGS for the FIRST SUNDAY of LENT

[Charles Wohlers]

The following are the readings for the First Sunday in Lent, March 1, 
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.



OLD TESTAMENT:  Genesis 9: 8 - 17   (RCL)
                                    Genesis 9: 8 - 15   (Roman Catholic)

Gene 9:8 (NRSV) Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 "As for 
me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, 
10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic 
animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the 
ark. 11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh 
be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood 
to destroy the earth." 12 God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I 
make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all 
future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a 
sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over 
the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant 
that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the 
waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the 
bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant 
between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." 17 
God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established 
between me and all flesh that is on the earth."


PSALM 25: 1 - 10   (RCL)
Psalm 25: 4 - 9   (Roman Catholic)

Psal 25:1 (NRSV) To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, in you I trust;
do not let me be put to shame;
do not let my enemies exult over me.
3 Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame;
let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD;
teach me your paths.
5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all day long.
6 Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for your goodness' sake, O LORD!
8 Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
9 He leads the humble in what is right,
and teaches the humble his way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness,
for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

Note: Versification in your psalter may differ from the above.


NEW TESTAMENT:  1 Peter 3: 18 - 22   (all)

1Pet 3:18 (NRSV) For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the 
righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to 
death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which also he went 
and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, 20 who in former times did 
not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building 
of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through 
water. 21 And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you--not as a 
removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good 
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into 
heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers 
made subject to him.


GOSPEL:  Mark 1: 9 - 15   (RCL)
                   Mark 1: 12 - 15   (Roman Catholic)

Mark 1:9 (NRSV) In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was 
baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And just as he was coming up out of the 
water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove 
on him. 11 And a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with 
you I am well pleased."
12 And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 He was 
in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild 
beasts; and the angels waited on him.
14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good 
news of God, 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God 
has come near; repent, and believe in the good news."