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Lectionary Passages for December 31th, 2006
Epiphany of our Lord, Year C
Isaiah 60:1-6 Theme: darkness ; worship ; darkness ; worship
Theme one-liner: glory ; worship
Isaiah 60
Future Glory for Jerusalem 1
“Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see.
For the glory
of the Lord rises to shine on
you.
2 Darkness as black as night
covers all the nations of the earth,
but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over
you.
3 All nations will come to your
light;
mighty kings will come to see your radiance.
4 “Look and see, for everyone is
coming home !
Your sons are coming from distant lands;
your
little daughters will be carried home.
5 Your eyes will shine,
and your heart will
thrill with joy ,
for merchants from around the world will come to
you.
They will bring you the wealth of many lands.
6 Vast caravans of camels will converge on
you,
the camels of Midian and Ephah.
The people of Sheba will
bring gold and frankincense
and will come worshiping the Lord.
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Psalm 72:1-7 Theme: justice ; wealth
Theme one-liner: justice ; prosperity
Psalm 72
A psalm of Solomon. 1 Give your
love of justice to the king, O God,
and righteousness to the king’s
son.
2 Help him judge your people in
the right way;
let the poor always be treated fairly .
3 May the mountains yield prosperity for
all,
and may the hills be fruitful.
4 Help him to defend the poor ,
to rescue the
children of the needy,
and to crush their oppressors.
5 May they fear you as long as the sun
shines,
as long as the moon remains in the sky.
Yes, forever !
6 May the king’s rule be refreshing
like spring rain on freshly cut grass,
like the showers that water the
earth.
7 May all the godly flourish
during his reign.
May there be abundant prosperity until the moon is no
more.
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Psalm 72:10-14 Theme: messiah ; savior
Theme one-liner: king
10 The western kings of Tarshish
and other distant lands
will bring him tribute .
The eastern kings
of Sheba and Seba
will bring him gifts.
11 All kings will bow before him,
and all
nations will serve him.
12 He will rescue the poor when they
cry to him;
he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend
them.
13 He feels pity for the weak
and the needy,
and he will rescue them.
14 He will redeem them from oppression and
violence,
for their lives are precious to him.
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Ephesians 3:1-12 Theme: grace ; grace
Theme one-liner: save
Ephesians 3
God’s Mysterious Plan Revealed 1
When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of
you Gentiles . . . 2 assuming, by the way, that you
know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you
Gentiles. 3 As I briefly wrote earlier,
God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me. 4 As you read what I have written, you will understand my
insight into this plan regarding Christ. 5 God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now
by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.
6 And this is God’s plan: Both
Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches
inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the
promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus. 7 By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the
privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.
8 Though I am the least deserving of
all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles
about the endless treasures available to them in Christ. 9 I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan
that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.
10 God’s purpose in all this was to
use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen
rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. 11 This was his eternal plan, which he carried out
through Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Because of Christ and our faith in
him, we can
now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
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Matthew 2:1-12 Theme: giving ; giving
Theme one-liner: visit ; gift ; journey
Matthew 2
Visitors from the East Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during
the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands
arrived in Jerusalem, asking, 2 “Where is
the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to
worship him.”
3 King Herod was deeply disturbed
when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem. 4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers
of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said,
“for this is what the prophet wrote:
6 ‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land
of Judah,
are not least among the ruling cities of Judah,
for a
ruler will come from you
who will be the shepherd for my people
Israel.'”
7 Then Herod called for a private
meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first
appeared. 8 Then he told them, “Go to
Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back
and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
9 After this interview the wise men
went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem.
It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were filled
with joy! 11 They entered the house and
saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then
they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and
myrrh.
12 When it was time to leave, they
returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a
dream not to return to Herod.
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Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.
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