Sunday, October 2

Lectionary 27, Year C

17th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
  Wicked surround the righteous; wait for the Lord
• Psalm 37:1-9
  Commit your way to the Lord; put your trust in the Lord. (Ps. 37:5)
• 2 Timothy 1:1-14
  Guard the treasure entrusted to you: faith and love in Christ
• Luke 17:5-10
  Faith the size of a mustard seed

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• Lamentations 1:1-6
  Jerusalem is empty and destroyed
• Lamentations 3:19-26
  Great is your faithfulness, O Lord(La. 3:23)
• Psalm 137 (alternate)
  Remember the day of Jerusalem, O Lord. (Ps. 137:7)

Sunday, October 9

Lectionary 28, Year C

18th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c
  Naaman washes in the Jordan and is cleansed
• Psalm 111
  I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart. (Ps. 111:1)
• 2 Timothy 2:8-15
  If we die with Christ, we will live with Christ
• Luke 17:11-19
  One leper made clean by Jesus gives thanks to God

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7
  Israel builds houses and plants gardens in Babylon
• Psalm 66:1-12
  God has kept us among the living. (Ps. 66:9)

Sunday, October 16

Lectionary 29, Year C

19th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Genesis 32:22-31
  Jacob’s struggle with the angel: I’ll not let go until you bless me
• Psalm 121
  My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. (Ps. 121:2)
• 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5
  In the presence of Christ the judge, proclaim the message
• Luke 18:1-8
  The widow begs for justice; God grants justice to those who cry to him

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• Jeremiah 31:27-34
  The Lord promises a new covenant
• Psalm 119:97-104
  Your words are sweet to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. (Ps. 119:103)

Sunday, October 23

Lectionary 30, Year C

20th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22
  Jerusalem will be defeated
• Sirach 35:12-17 (alternate)
  God is impartial in justice and hears the powerless
• Psalm 84:1-7
  Happy are the people whose strength is in you. (Ps. 84:5)
• 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
  The good fight of faith
• Luke 18:9-14
  A Pharisee and tax collector pray together

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• Joel 2:23-32
  The Lord promises to restore Israel
• Psalm 65
  Your paths overflow with plenty. (Ps. 65:11)

Sunday, October 30

Lectionary 31, Year C

21st Sunday after Pentecost

or Reformation Sunday

Readings and Psalm

• Isaiah 1:10-18
  Learn to do good, seek justice, and rescue the oppressed
• Psalm 32:1-7
  All the faithful will make their prayers to you in time of trouble. (Ps. 32:6)
• 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12
  Faith and love amid persecution and adversity
• Luke 19:1-10
  Zacchaeus climbs into a tree to see Jesus

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
  The righteous live by their faith
• Psalm 119:137-144
  Grant me understanding, that I may live. (Ps. 119:144)

Reformation Sunday, Year C

Readings and Psalm

• Jeremiah 31:31-34
  I will write my law in their hearts, says the Lord
• Psalm 46
  The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. (Ps. 46:7)
• Romans 3:19-28
  Justified by God’s grace as a gift
• John 8:31-36
  Jesus says, Continue in my word and you will know the truth