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Lectionary Theme: Hosanna: Jesus Christ, the Lord of peace; Theological Seminary Sunday
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Zechariah 9:9-17 First Lesson
9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10. He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war-horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11. As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
13. For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will arouse your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior’s sword.
14. Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
15. The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour and tread down the slingers; they shall drink their blood like wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.
16. On that day the Lord their God will save them for they are the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land.
17. For what goodness and beauty are his! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
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Ephesians 2:11-22 Second Lesson
11. So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the flesh by human hands—
12. remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
13. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us,
15. abolishing the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace,
16. and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it.
17. So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
18. for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.
19. So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God,
20. built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone;
21. in him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
22. in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.
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Philippians 4:4-9 Epistle
4. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
5. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.
6. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
7. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8. Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
9. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. Acknowledgment of the Philippians’ Gift
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Luke 19:29-40 Gospel
29. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,
30. saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
31. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
32. So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them.
33. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
34. They said, “The Lord needs it.”
35. Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.
36. As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road.
37. As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen,
38. saying, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!”
39. Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, order your disciples to stop.”
40. He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.” Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem