Tuesday, November 26, 2019

The Daily Lectionary for WEDNESDAY, November 27, 2019

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The Daily Lectionary
WEDNESDAY, November 27, 2019
(Revised Common Lectionary Year C)
(Semi-continuous Reading Plan)

(God’s faithfulness endures forever)
Universal Call to Worship
1  Praise the Lord, all you nations!
     Extol him, all you peoples!
2  For great is his steadfast love toward us,
     and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
   Praise the Lord!

(Joy at God’s people restored)
The Joyful Return of the Exiles
31:1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

2  Thus says the Lord:
   The people who survived the sword
     found grace in the wilderness;
   when Israel sought for rest,
3    the Lord appeared to him from far away.
   I have loved you with an everlasting love;
     therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
4  Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
     O virgin Israel!
   Again you shall take your tambourines,
     and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
5  Again you shall plant vineyards
     on the mountains of Samaria;
   the planters shall plant,
     and shall enjoy the fruit.
6  For there shall be a day when sentinels will call
     in the hill country of Ephraim:
   “Come, let us go up to Zion,
     to the Lord our God.”

(That you may know the truth)
Dedication to Theophilus
1:1 Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, 3 I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed.

Optional parts of the readings are set off in [square brackets.]

The Bible texts of the Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel lessons are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.

The Daily Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. We are currently in Year C. Beginning with the first Sunday of Advent in 2019, we will be in Year A. The year which ended at Advent 2018 was Year B. These readings complement the Sunday and festival readings: Thursday through Saturday readings help prepare the reader for the Sunday ahead; Monday through Wednesday readings help the reader reflect and digest on what they heard in worship. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings, copyright © 2005 Consultation on Common Texts. www.commontexts.org
The Daily Lectionary for WEDNESDAY, November 27, 2019
Psalm 117; Jeremiah 31:1-6; Luke 1:1-4

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