[Propertalk] READINGS for the LAST SUNDAY after PENTECOST

[Charles Wohlers]

The following are the readings for the Twenty-sixh (and last) Sunday after Pentecost (Christ the King; Proper 29), Nov. 21, 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, Canadian and C of E lectionaries are identical to the RCL for this day.

The readings are posted on our web site: <http://satucket.com/lectionary>, in RTF format, which can be read by all word processors.



OLD TESTAMENT:  Jeremiah 23: 1 - 6   (RCL)

Jere 23:1 (NRSV) Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD. 2 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the LORD. 3 Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. 4 I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the LORD. 
5 The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: "The LORD is our righteousness." 


2 Samuel 5: 1 - 5   (Can. BAS)
2 Samuel 5: 1 - 3   (Roman Catholic)

2Sam 5:1 (NRSV) Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at He'bron, and said, "Look, we are your bone and flesh. 2 For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The LORD said to you: It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel." 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at He'bron; and King David made a covenant with them at He'bron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel. 
4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years. 



PSALM:   Luke 1: 68 - 79   (RCL)

Luke 1:68 (NRSV) "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, 
for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them. 
69 He has raised up a mighty savior for us 
in the house of his servant David, 
70 as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, 
71 that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us. 
72 Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors, 
and has remembered his holy covenant, 
73 the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham, 
to grant us 74 that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies, 
might serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness 
before him all our days. 
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; 
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people 
by the forgiveness of their sins. 
78 By the tender mercy of our God, 
the dawn from on high will break upon us, 
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, 
to guide our feet into the way of peace." 

Note: In Canada, Canticle 19 from the BAS may be used; Canticle 16 for ECUSA


Psalm 46   (C of E, alt. for RCL)

Psal 46:1 (NRSV) God is our refuge and strength, 
a very present help in trouble. 
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, 
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 
3 though its waters roar and foam, 
though the mountains tremble with its tumult. [Se'lah] 
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, 
the holy habitation of the Most High. 
5 God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; 
God will help it when the morning dawns. 
6 The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; 
he utters his voice, the earth melts. 
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; 
the God of Jacob is our refuge. [Se'lah] 
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD; 
see what desolations he has brought on the earth. 
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; 
he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; 
he burns the shields with fire. 
10 "Be still, and know that I am God! 
I am exalted among the nations, 
I am exalted in the earth." 
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; 
the God of Jacob is our refuge. [Se'lah] 


Psalm 95   (Can. BAS)

Psal 95:1 (NRSV) O come, let us sing to the LORD; 
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 
2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; 
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 
3 For the LORD is a great God, 
and a great King above all gods. 
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; 
the heights of the mountains are his also. 
5 The sea is his, for he made it, 
and the dry land, which his hands have formed. 
6 O come, let us worship and bow down, 
let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! 
7 For he is our God, 
and we are the people of his pasture, 
and the sheep of his hand. 
O that today you would listen to his voice! 
8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, 
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, 
9 when your ancestors tested me, 
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. 
10 For forty years I loathed that generation 
and said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, 
and they do not regard my ways." 
11 Therefore in my anger I swore, 
""They shall not enter my rest." 


Psalm 122: 1 - 5   (Roman Catholic)

Psal 122:1 (NRSV) I was glad when they said to me, 
"Let us go to the house of the LORD!" 
2 Our feet are standing 
within your gates, O Jerusalem. 
3 Jerusalem--built as a city 
that is bound firmly together. 
4 To it the tribes go up, 
the tribes of the LORD, 
as was decreed for Israel, 
to give thanks to the name of the LORD. 
5 For there the thrones for judgment were set up, 
the thrones of the house of David. 


NEW TESTAMENT:   Colossians 1: 11 - 20   (all)

Colo 1:11 (NRSV) May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16 for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers--all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. 

Note: the Roman Catholic lectionary omits v. 11


GOSPEL:   Luke 23: 33 - 43   (RCL)
                  Luke 23: 35 - 43   (Roman Catholic)

Luke 23:33 (NRSV) When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast lots to divide his clothing. 35 And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!" 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, 37 and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" 38 There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews." 
39 One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise." 


John 12: 9 - 19   (Can. BAS)

John 12:9 (NRSV) When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 since it was on account of him that many of the Jews were deserting and were believing in Jesus. 
12 The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, 
""Hosanna! 
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord- 
the King of Israel!" 
14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written: 
15 "Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. 
Look, your king is coming, 
sitting on a donkey's colt!" 
16 His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him. 17 So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify. 18 It was also because they heard that he had performed this sign that the crowd went to meet him. 19 The Pharisees then said to one another, "You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!" 



Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, Vermont    USA
chadwohl at satucket.com
cwohlers at bridgew.edu
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