Sunday Readings
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Acts 4 32-35
The life of the first community is characterised by a unity of mind and heart and common life.
1 John 5: 1-6
The resurrection of Jesus and our faith in him have overcome the world.
John 20: 19-31
In the upper room the risen Lord appears, and a doubting man finds faith.
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Acts 10:34. 37-43
Peter proclaims the message that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven.
Colossians 3: 1-4
Paul teaches that when Christ is revealed, his followers too will be revealed in all their glory.
John 20: 1-9
Very early on Easter morning, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb. What she finds there sends her running to fetch Peter and the beloved disciple.
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Jeremiah 31: 31-34
This the only reference to a ‘New covenant’ in the Old Testament. It provides a description of that covenant under which God’s people will live.
Hebrews 5: 7-9
Jesus learned obedience to God’s will from the things he suffered.
John 12: 20-33
Jesus foretells his passion and explains its significance.
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Isaiah 50: 4-7
The third of Isaiah’s Servant Songs shows the Lord’s disciple humbly accepting insults and abuse.
Philippians 2: 6-11
Jesus lays aside his divine glory and humbles himself even to the extent of dying a hideous death by crucifixion.
Mark 14: 1-15:47
Even in this, the bleakest of the four Passion accounts, Jesus is recognised in the end as ‘son of God’.
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2 Chronicles 36: 14-16. 19-23
The people of Jerusalem brought about their exile through their repeated infidelities, until God used a pagan ruler to restore them to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple.
Ephesians 2: 4-10
God’s generosity is shown by the gift of life, of salvation, bestowed freely on people who do not merit or deserve it.
John 3: 14-21
God sent Christ into the world to bring it the gift of eternal life, to be accepted or rejected through people’s free choice.