[Propertalk] READINGS for the LAST SUNDAY after the EPIPHANY

[Charles Wohlers]

The following are the readings for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Feb. 10, 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 and C of E lectionaries are identical to the RCL for this day. The Canadian BAS readings may be used in place of the RCL readings in those Canadian parishes which use the RCL on this Sunday.



OLD TESTAMENT: Exodus 34: 29 - 35  (RCL)

Exod 34:29 (NRSV) Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. 33 When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face; 34 but whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would take the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of his face was shining; and Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him. 


Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 27: 5 - 8   (Roman Catholic)

Sir 27:5 (NRSV) The kiln tests the potter's vessels; 
so the test of a person is in his conversation. 
6 Its fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; 
so a person's speech discloses the cultivation of his mind. 
7 Do not praise anyone before he speaks, 
for this is the way people are tested. 
8 If you pursue justice, you will attain it 
and wear it like a glorious robe. 


PSALM 99   (RCL)

Psal 99:1 (NRSV) The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble! 
He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! 
2 The LORD is great in Zion; 
he is exalted over all the peoples. 
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name. 
Holy is he! 
4 Mighty King, lover of justice, 
you have established equity; 
you have executed justice 
and righteousness in Jacob. 
5 Extol the LORD our God; 
worship at his footstool. 
Holy is he! 
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, 
Samuel also was among those who called on his name. 
They cried to the LORD, and he answered them. 
7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; 
they kept his decrees, 
and the statutes that he gave them. 
8 O LORD our God, you answered them; 
you were a forgiving God to them, 
but an avenger of their wrongdoings. 
9 Extol the LORD our God, 
and worship at his holy mountain; 
for the LORD our God is holy. 


Psalm 92: 1 - 2, 12 - 15   (Roman Catholic)

Psal 92:1 (NRSV) It is good to give thanks to the LORD, 
to sing praises to your name, O Most High; 
2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning, 
and your faithfulness by night, 

12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree, 
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 
13 They are planted in the house of the LORD; 
they flourish in the courts of our God. 
14 In old age they still produce fruit; 
they are always green and full of sap, 
15 showing that the LORD is upright; 
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. 

Note: Verse numbering in Roman Catholic Bibles is one higher than the above.


NEW TESTAMENT: 2 Corinthians 3: 12 - 4:2 (RCL) 

2Cor 3:12 (NRSV) Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, 13 not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. 14 But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside. 15 Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; 16 but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. 4:1 Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God's word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God. 


1 Corinthians 15: 54 - 58   (Roman Catholic)

1Cor 15:54 (NRSV) When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: 
""Death has been swallowed up in victory." 
55 "Where, O death, is your victory? 
Where, O death, is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
58 Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. 



GOSPEL: Luke 9: 28 - 36, (37 - 43a) (RCL) 

Luke 9:26 (NRSV) Those who are ashamed of me and of my words, of them the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 27 But truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God." 
28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30 Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Eli'jah, talking to him. 31 They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33 Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Eli'jah"--not knowing what he said. 34 While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. 35 Then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" 36 When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen. 
37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. 38 Just then a man from the crowd shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. 39 Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. 40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." 41 Jesus answered, "You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." 42 While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 43 And all were astounded at the greatness of God.


Luke 6: 39 - 45   (Roman Catholic)

Luke 6:39 (NRSV) He also told them a parable: "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? 40 A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully qualified will be like the teacher. 41 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? 42 Or how can you say to your neighbor, "Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor's eye. 
43 "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; 44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. 45 The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. 


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