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Lectionary for Use in the Blessing of Same Gender Unions

One or more of the following passages from Holy Scripture is read. If there is to be a Communion, a passage from the Gospel always concludes the Readings. The length of any Reading may be adapted at the discretion of the Celebrant.

Genesis 1:26-28 (Male and female he created them)

Genesis 2:4-9, 15-24 (A man cleaves to his wife and they become one flesh)

Genesis 12:1–3a,c (I will bless you so that you will be a blessing)

1 Samuel 18:1–5 (David and Jonathan)

Ruth 1:16–17 (Where you go I will go)

Song of Solomon 2:1–13 (My beloved is like...)

Song of Solomon 2:10-13; 8:6-7 (My beloved speaks; many waters cannot quench love)

Ecclesiastes 4:9–11 (Two are better than one)

Tobit 8:5b-8 (That she and I may grow old together)

Romans 12:9–21 (Love one another with mutual affection)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (Love is patient and kind)

2 Corinthians 5:16–20 (In Christ there is a new creation)

Galatians 5:13–14, 22–26 (Called to freedom; fruit of the Spirit)

Ephesians 3:14-19 (The Father from whom every family is named; rooted and grounded in love)

Ephesians 4:25–27; 29–32 (Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving)

Ephesians 5:1-2 (Walk in love, as Christ loved us)

Philippians 2:1–4 (Be of the same mind, having the same love)

Colossians 3:12–17 (Love which binds everything together in harmony)

1 John 3:18–24 (Love in truth and action)

1 John 4:7-16 (17–21) (Let us love one another for love is of God)

Revelation 19:6–9 (The Lamb’s marriage supper)

Between the Readings, a Psalm, hymn, or anthem may be sung or said. Appropriate Psalms are 23; 67; 100:1–5; 107:1–9; 108:1–5; 111; 112; 121; 126:1–3; 127; 128; 133; 139:1–18, 23–24; 145, and 146 .

Matthew 5:1-12 (The Beatitudes)

Matthew 5:13-16 (You are the light . . . Let your light so shine)

Matthew 7:24-29 (Like a wise man who built his house upon the rock)

Mark 10:6-9, 13-16 (They are no longer two but one)

Luke 6:35–38 (Love and do good)

John 2:1–11 (The wedding in Cana of Galilee)

John 15:9-12 (Love one another as I have loved you)

John 17:1, 18–26 (That they may all be one)