A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church by Wilda C. Gafney

Author:Wilda C. Gafney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Church Publishing Incorporated
Published: 2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

Acts 1:3–5, 12–14 (or Deuteronomy 5:1–10); Psalm 41:1–4, 12–13;

Romans 7:1–12; John 20:19–31

The Sundays of Easter traditionally have a choice of readings from the Hebrew Bible and Acts for the first lesson. This lectionary does so for Year W and offers passages from the Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal as alternate to selections from Acts in Years A, B, and C.

Acts 1:3 Jesus presented himself to the disciples, living, after his suffering through many convincing proofs, by appearing to them forty days and speaking about the reign of God. 4 And staying with them, Jesus commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, rather to wait there for the promise of the Faithful One, “what you heard from me. 5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from this one.”

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away. 13 And when they entered the city, they went upstairs to the room 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. 14 All these were persevering in prayer together with women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his [sisters and] brothers.

Deuteronomy 5:1 Now Moses called to all Israel, and said to them:

Hear, O Israel, the statutes and case laws that I am speaking in your ears this day: You all shall learn them and observe them faithfully. 2 The AGELESS ONE our God engraved a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 Not with our mothers and fathers did the EVER-LIVING GOD engrave this covenant, but with us, we who are here today, all of us alive. 4 Face to face did the HOLY ONE OF OLD speak with you all at the mountain from the midst of the fire. 5 I was standing between the GOD WHOSE NAME IS HOLY and you all at that time to declare to you the words of the Holy God, for you all were afraid because of the fire and did not ascend the mountain. And God said:

6 I am the ETERNAL ONE your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 7 You shall have no other gods before me.

8 You shall not make for yourself a sculpted image in the form of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water below the earth. 9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the CREATOR OF ALL, your God, am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 10 but showing faithful love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Psalm 41:1–4, 12–13

1 Happy is the woman who has understanding of the poor;

the FAITHFUL ONE delivers her in a day bringing evil.

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