Sunday 13 March 2022 DAILY LECTIONARY

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Sunday 13 March 2022 
DAILY LECTIONARY

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Genesis 41:14-45

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was hurriedly brought out of the
dungeon. When he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came
in before Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I have had a dream,
and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you
that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.’ Joseph answered
Pharaoh, ‘It is not I; God will give Pharaoh a favourable answer.’
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘In my dream I was standing on the
banks of the Nile; and seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the
Nile and fed in the reed grass. Then seven other cows came up after
them, poor, very ugly, and thin. Never had I seen such ugly ones in
all the land of Egypt. The thin and ugly cows ate up the first seven
fat cows, but when they had eaten them no one would have known that
they had done so, for they were still as ugly as before. Then I awoke.
I fell asleep a second time* and I saw in my dream seven ears of
grain, full and good, growing on one stalk, and seven ears, withered,
thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouting after them; and the
thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. But when I told it to the
magicians, there was no one who could explain it to me.’

 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, ‘Pharaoh’s dreams are one and the
same; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven
good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years;
the dreams are one. The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after
them are seven years, as are the seven empty ears blighted by the east
wind. They are seven years of famine. It is as I told Pharaoh; God has
shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do. There will come seven years
of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. After them there
will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten
in the land of Egypt; the famine will consume the land. The plenty
will no longer be known in the land because of the famine that will
follow, for it will be very grievous. And the doubling of Pharaoh’s
dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring
it about. Now therefore let Pharaoh select a man who is discerning and
wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh proceed to
appoint overseers over the land, and take one-fifth of the produce of
the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years. Let them gather
all the food of these good years that are coming, and lay up grain
under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them
keep it. That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven
years of famine that are to befall the land of Egypt, so that the land
may not perish through the famine.’
 The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. Pharaoh said to
his servants, ‘Can we find anyone else like this—one in whom is
the spirit of God?’ So Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘Since God has
shown you all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. You
shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as
you command; only with regard to the throne will I be greater than
you.’ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘See, I have set you over all
the land of Egypt.’ Removing his signet ring from his hand, Pharaoh
put it on Joseph’s hand; he arrayed him in garments of fine linen,
and put a gold chain around his neck. He had him ride in the chariot
of his second-in-command; and they cried out in front of him, ‘Bow
the knee!’* Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt. Moreover,
Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no
one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.’ Pharaoh
gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath
daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as his wife. Thus Joseph gained
authority over the land of Egypt.
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Romans 6:3-14

Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with
him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the
dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of
life.

 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will
certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that
our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be
destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has
died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe
that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised
from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over
him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he
lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to
sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

 Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies,
to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin
as instruments* of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those
who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to
God as instruments* of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion
over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
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John 5:19-24

Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing
on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the
Father* does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and
shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater
works than these, so that you will be astonished. Indeed, just as the
Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life
to whomsoever he wishes. The Father judges no one but has given all
judgement to the Son, so that all may honour the Son just as they
honour the Father. Anyone who does not honour the Son does not honour
the Father who sent him. Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my
word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come
under judgement, but has passed from death to life.
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Morning Psalms: Psalm 24, 29

Psalm 24

The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,
   the world, and those who live in it; 
for he has founded it on the seas,
   and established it on the rivers. 

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
   And who shall stand in his holy place? 
Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
   who do not lift up their souls to what is false,
   and do not swear deceitfully. 
They will receive blessing from the Lord,
   and vindication from the God of their salvation. 
Such is the company of those who seek him,
   who seek the face of the God of Jacob.*
          Selah 

Lift up your heads, O gates!
   and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
   that the King of glory may come in. 
Who is the King of glory?
   The Lord, strong and mighty,
   the Lord, mighty in battle. 
Lift up your heads, O gates!
   and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
   that the King of glory may come in. 
Who is this King of glory?
   The Lord of hosts,
   he is the King of glory.
          Selah

Psalm 29

Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,*
   ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 
Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name;
   worship the Lord in holy splendour. 

The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
   the God of glory thunders,
   the Lord, over mighty waters. 
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
   the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
   the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon. 
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
   and Sirion like a young wild ox. 

The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire. 
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
   the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 

The voice of the Lord causes the oaks to whirl,*
   and strips the forest bare;
   and in his temple all say, ‘Glory!’ 

The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
   the Lord sits enthroned as king for ever. 
May the Lord give strength to his people!
   May the Lord bless his people with peace!
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Evening Psalms: Psalm 8, 84

Psalm 8

O Lord, our Sovereign,
   how majestic is your name in all the earth! 

You have set your glory above the heavens. 
   Out of the mouths of babes and infants
you have founded a bulwark because of your foes,
   to silence the enemy and the avenger. 

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
   the moon and the stars that you have established; 
what are human beings that you are mindful of them,
   mortals* that you care for them? 

Yet you have made them a little lower than God,*
   and crowned them with glory and honour. 
You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;
   you have put all things under their feet, 
all sheep and oxen,
   and also the beasts of the field, 
the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
   whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 

O Lord, our Sovereign,
   how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 84

How lovely is your dwelling place,
   O Lord of hosts! 
My soul longs, indeed it faints
   for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
   to the living God. 

Even the sparrow finds a home,
   and the swallow a nest for herself,
   where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
   my King and my God. 
Happy are those who live in your house,
   ever singing your praise.
          Selah 

Happy are those whose strength is in you,
   in whose heart are the highways to Zion.* 
As they go through the valley of Baca
   they make it a place of springs;
   the early rain also covers it with pools. 
They go from strength to strength;
   the God of gods will be seen in Zion. 

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
   give ear, O God of Jacob!
          Selah 
Behold our shield, O God;
   look on the face of your anointed. 

For a day in your courts is better
   than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
   than live in the tents of wickedness. 
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
   he bestows favour and honour.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
   from those who walk uprightly. 
O Lord of hosts,
   happy is everyone who trusts in you.
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