Sunday Readings
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Acts 12: 1-11
No earthly prison can hold captive the trusting heart.
2 Timothy 4: 6-8. 17-18
Whatever happens in life, the Lord’s whole purpose is to bring us to his heavenly kingdom.
Matthew 16: 13-19
It is not flesh and blood that reveals the Christ, but the Father in heaven speaks to flesh and blood. It is humanity in its weakness that has received the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
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Deuteronomy 8: 2-3. 14-16
The people of Israel are reminded that they know who God is through their learning to trust God in the wilderness. It was here that God reached their ‘inmost heart’ and here that the Lord provided for all their needs.
1 Corinthians 10: 16-17
The Corinthians were a troubled and divided community. Here Paul reminds them that all who share in the body and blood of Christ are, in him, one body.
John 6: 51-58
Jesus scandalises his hearers, telling them that he gives his body to be their food. He insists upon it: eating and drinking of Christ’s flesh and blood draws us into his life, and eternal life with the Father.
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Acts 1: 1-11
The second volume of St Luke’s story of Jesus begins with the story of his ascension into heaven.
Ephesians 1: 17-23
St Paul prays that we may fully understand what Christ’s resurrection and ascension means for us.
Matthew 28: 16-20
Before being taken up into heaven, Jesus sends out his disciples to all the nations, to continue his own mission by baptising them and teaching them to observe all his commandments.
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Acts 2: 1-11
They were filled with the Holy Spirit, who gave them the gift of speech.
1 Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13
The Spirit gives gifts generously for the good of all.
John 20: 19-23
Fear is changed to courage as the disciples are sent out in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 8: 5-8. 14-17
After Philip the deacon had evangelised the Samaritans, Peter and John laid hands upon the newly baptised so that they received the Holy Spirit.
1 Peter 3: 15-18
Be ready with a courteous response to those who ask the reason for your hope, and if you have to suffer let it be for doing right.
John 14: 15-21
Jesus assures the disciples that they will not be left orphans because the Father will send them the Holy Spirit.