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Sunday
April 21, 2024

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Lectionary Theme: The Resurrected Christ who encourages the dispirited (3rd Sunday after Easter)

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    8. But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

    9. you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”;

    10. do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

    11. Yes, all who are incensed against you shall be ashamed and disgraced; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.

    12. You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all.

    13. For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Do not fear, I will help you.”

    14. Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you insect Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

    15. Now, I will make of you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff.

    16. You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. Then you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

    17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

    18. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

    19. I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together,

    20. so that all may see and know, all may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it. The Futility of Idols

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    27. When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.

    28. So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms.

    29. Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.

    30. But when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, on the pretext of putting out anchors from the bow,

    31. Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

    32. Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and set it adrift.

    33. Just before daybreak, Paul urged all of them to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense and remaining without food, having eaten nothing.

    34. Therefore I urge you to take some food, for it will help you survive; for none of you will lose a hair from your heads.”

    35. After he had said this, he took bread; and giving thanks to God in the presence of all, he broke it and began to eat.

    36. Then all of them were encouraged and took food for themselves.

    37. (We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons in the ship.)

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    7. But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

    8. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;

    9. persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

    10. always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.

    11. For while we live, we are always being given up to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh.

    12. So death is at work in us, but life in you.

    13. But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—“I believed, and so I spoke”—we also believe, and so we speak,

    14. because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence.

    15. Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. Living by Faith

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    13. Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

    14. and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.

    15. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them,

    16. but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

    17. And he said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad.

    18. Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?”

    19. He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

    20. and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him.

    21. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place.

    22. Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

    23. and when they did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive.

    24. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but they did not see him.”

    25. Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!

    26. Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”

    27. Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.

    28. As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on.

    29. But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them.

    30. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

    31. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.

    32. They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”

    33. That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together.

    34. They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!”

    35. Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread. Jesus Appears to His Disciples