Scripture Reading for the
Common Calendar Year
(beginning January 1st)

May 2

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The Lectionary According to the Common Calendar

Psalm 107:1-22 

1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good; 
for His mercy endureth for ever. 
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, 
whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy, 
3 and gathered them out of the lands, 
from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; 
they found no city to dwell in. 
5 Hungry and thirsty, 
their soul fainted within them. 
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, 
and He delivered them out of their distresses. 
7 And He led them forth by the right way, 
that they might go to a city for habitation. 
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, 
and for His wonderful works to the children of men! 
9 For He satisfieth the longing soul, 
and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 

10 They that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, 
being bound in affliction and irons, 
11 because they rebelled against the words of God 
and contemned the counsel of the Most High, 
12 therefore He brought down their heart with labor; 
they fell down and there was none to help. 
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, 
and He saved them out of their distresses. 
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, 
and broke their bonds asunder. 
15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, 
and for His wonderful works to the children of men! 
16 For He hath broken the gates of brass 
and cut the bars of iron asunder. 

17 Fools, because of their transgression and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat, and they draw near unto the gates of death. 
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, 
and He saveth them out of their distresses. 
20 He sent His word and healed them, 
and delivered them from their destructions. 
21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, 
and for His wonderful works to the children of men! 
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, 
and declare His works with rejoicing!

Mark 6:7-13 

7 And He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits, 8 and commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only -- no wallet, no bread, and no money in their purse, 9 but be shod with sandals, and not put on two coats. 10 And He said unto them, 

"In whatever place ye enter into a house, there abide until ye depart from that place. 11 And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city." 

12 And they went out and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

1 Corinthians 15:35-49 

35 But some man will say, "How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?" 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, unless it die. 37 And that which thou sowest is not that body which shall be, but bare grain, by chance of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead: It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written: "The first man Adam was made a living soul." The last Adam was made a quickening Spirit. 46 However that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Lord from Heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 

1 Samuel 11

1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabeshgilead; and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee." 2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, "On this condition will I make a covenant with you: that I may thrust out all your right eyes and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel." 3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, "Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the regions of Israel. And then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee." 4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul and told the tidings in the ears of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

5 And behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, "What aileth the people that they weep?" And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the regions of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, "Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen." And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messengers who came, "Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, `Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have help.'" And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh, and they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you." 11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass that those who remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

12 And the people said unto Samuel, "Who is he that said, `Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring the men, that we may put them to death." 13 And Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day, for today the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel." 14 Then said Samuel to the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there." 15 And all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. And there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

Words of Wisdom - Ecclesiasticus 13:16

All flesh consorteth according to kind, 
and a man will cleave to his like.