Monday 18 June 2007 DAILY LECTIONARY

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Monday 18 June 2007 
DAILY LECTIONARY

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1 Samuel 1:1-20

There was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of
Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Elihu son of Tohu
son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. He had two wives; the name of one was
Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but
Hannah had no children. 
Now this man used to go up year by year from his town to worship and to
sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli,
Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord. On the day when Elkanah
sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her
sons and daughters; but to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he
loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. Her rival used to
provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her
womb. So it went on year after year; as often as she went up to the
house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and
would not eat. Her husband Elkanah said to her, 'Hannah, why do you
weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you
than ten sons?' 
After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presented
herself before the Lord. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat
beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. She was deeply
distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly. She made this
vow: 'O Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your
servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to
your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite
until the day of his death. He shall drink neither wine nor
intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head.' 
As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah
was praying silently; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard;
therefore Eli thought she was drunk. So Eli said to her, 'How long will
you make a drunken spectacle of yourself? Put away your wine.' But
Hannah answered, 'No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have
drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my
soul before the Lord. Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman,
for I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation all this
time.' Then Eli answered, 'Go in peace; the God of Israel grant the
petition you have made to him.' And she said, 'Let your servant find
favour in your sight.' Then the woman went to her quarters, ate and
drank with her husband, and her countenance was sad no longer. 
They rose early in the morning and worshipped before the Lord; then they
went back to their house at Ramah. Elkanah knew his wife Hannah, and the
Lord remembered her. In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. She
named him Samuel, for she said, 'I have asked him of the Lord.'
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Acts 1:1-14

In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and
taught from the beginning until the day when he was taken up to heaven,
after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom
he had chosen. After his suffering he presented himself alive to them
by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over the course of forty
days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, he
ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise
of the Father. 'This', he said, 'is what you have heard from me; for
John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit
not many days from now.' 
So when they had come together, they asked him, 'Lord, is this the time
when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?' He replied, 'It is not
for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own
authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.' When he had said this, as they
were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their
sight. While he was going and they were gazing up towards heaven,
suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, 'Men of
Galilee, why do you stand looking up towards heaven? This Jesus, who
has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as
you saw him go into heaven.' 
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is
near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey away. When they had entered the
city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and
John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew,
James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All
these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with
certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his
brothers.
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Luke 20:9-19

He began to tell the people this parable: 'A man planted a vineyard, and
leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time. When
the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants in order that they
might give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the
tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Next he sent another
slave; that one also they beat and insulted and sent away empty-handed.
And he sent yet a third; this one also they wounded and threw out. Then
the owner of the vineyard said, "What shall I do? I will send my
beloved son; perhaps they will respect him." But when the tenants saw
him, they discussed it among themselves and said, "This is the heir;
let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours." So they threw him
out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the
vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy those tenants and give
the vineyard to others.' When they heard this, they said, 'Heaven
forbid!' But he looked at them and said, 'What then does this text
mean:
"The stone that the builders rejected
   has become the cornerstone"? 
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; and it will
crush anyone on whom it falls.' When the scribes and chief priests
realized that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to lay
hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people.
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Morning Psalms:  Psalm 80

Psalm 80

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
   you who lead Joseph like a flock!
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth 
   before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh.
Stir up your might,
   and come to save us! 


Restore us, O God;
   let your face shine, that we may be saved. 


O Lord God of hosts,
   how long will you be angry with your people's prayers? 
You have fed them with the bread of tears,
   and given them tears to drink in full measure. 
You make us the scorn of our neighbours;
   our enemies laugh among themselves. 


Restore us, O God of hosts;
   let your face shine, that we may be saved. 


You brought a vine out of Egypt;
   you drove out the nations and planted it. 
You cleared the ground for it;
   it took deep root and filled the land. 
The mountains were covered with its shade,
   the mighty cedars with its branches; 
it sent out its branches to the sea,
   and its shoots to the River. 
Why then have you broken down its walls,
   so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit? 
The boar from the forest ravages it,
   and all that move in the field feed on it. 


Turn again, O God of hosts;
   look down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine, 
   the stock that your right hand planted. 
They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down;
   may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance. 
But let your hand be upon the one at your right hand,
   the one whom you made strong for yourself. 
Then we will never turn back from you;
   give us life, and we will call on your name. 


Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
   let your face shine, that we may be saved.
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Evening Psalms: Psalm 77, 79

Psalm 77

I cry aloud to God,
   aloud to God, that he may hear me. 
In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
   in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
   my soul refuses to be comforted. 
I think of God, and I moan;
   I meditate, and my spirit faints.
          Selah 


You keep my eyelids from closing;
   I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 
I consider the days of old,
   and remember the years of long ago. 
I commune with my heart in the night;
   I meditate and search my spirit: 
'Will the Lord spurn for ever,
   and never again be favourable? 
Has his steadfast love ceased for ever?
   Are his promises at an end for all time? 
Has God forgotten to be gracious?
   Has he in anger shut up his compassion?'
          Selah 
And I say, 'It is my grief
   that the right hand of the Most High has changed.' 


I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;
   I will remember your wonders of old. 
I will meditate on all your work,
   and muse on your mighty deeds. 
Your way, O God, is holy.
   What god is so great as our God? 
You are the God who works wonders;
   you have displayed your might among the peoples. 
With your strong arm you redeemed your people,
   the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
          Selah 


When the waters saw you, O God,
   when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
   the very deep trembled. 
The clouds poured out water;
   the skies thundered;
   your arrows flashed on every side. 
The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
   your lightnings lit up the world;
   the earth trembled and shook. 
Your way was through the sea,
   your path, through the mighty waters;
   yet your footprints were unseen. 
You led your people like a flock
   by the hand of Moses and Aaron.



Psalm 79

O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
   they have defiled your holy temple;
   they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 
They have given the bodies of your servants
   to the birds of the air for food,
   the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth. 
They have poured out their blood like water
   all around Jerusalem,
   and there was no one to bury them. 
We have become a taunt to our neighbours,
   mocked and derided by those around us. 


How long, O Lord? Will you be angry for ever?
   Will your jealous wrath burn like fire? 
Pour out your anger on the nations
   that do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
   that do not call on your name. 
For they have devoured Jacob
   and laid waste his habitation. 


Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors;
   let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
   for we are brought very low. 
Help us, O God of our salvation,
   for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and forgive our sins,
   for your name's sake. 
Why should the nations say,
   'Where is their God?'
Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
   be known among the nations before our eyes. 


Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
   according to your great power preserve those doomed to die. 
Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbours
   the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord! 
Then we your people, the flock of your pasture,
   will give thanks to you for ever;
   from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
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