Sunday Readings
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Isaiah 45: 1. 4-6
God can use anyone, believer and unbeliever alike, to achieve the divine purpose.
1 Thessalonians 1: 1-5
Paul and his companion send words of encouragement to the Church in Thessalonika.
Matthew 22: 15-21
Jesus sees through the Pharisees’ attempt to trap him, and teaches the necessity of offering to God what belongs to God.
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THIS WEEK’S READINGS:
Isaiah 25: 6-10
On the mountain of Zion, God celebrates the end of death in a banquet with all peoples, whose sorrow and suffering are removed for ever.
Philippians 4: 12-14, 19-20
The apostle Paul is in prison, yet even there rejoices in God and in his companions for the strength and equanimity to accept whatever befalls him.
Matthew 22: 1-14
God’s kingdom is described as being like a great feast to which everyone, both bad and good, is invited, but not everyone accepts the invitation.
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Ezekiel 18: 25-28
God speaks to the prophet Ezekiel. Though the people of Israel accuse God of being unjust to them, it is they who commit injustice. Those who have sinned but repent and change their ways will have life.
Philippians 2: 1-11
St Paul calls his readers to be united. They must not compete but must think of others before themselves. Paul encourages them to try to be like Christ in their own minds.
Matthew 21: 28-32
Jesus tells the story of a man with two sons, whom he asks to work in his vineyard. One says yes and does not go; the other says no but then does go. Jesus says that tax collectors and sinners are making their way to heaven ahead of religious people who heard but did not believe.
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Isaiah 5: 1-7
The Lord likens his people to his favoured vineyard.
Philippians 4: 6-9
We are to fill our minds with everything that is true and good, and the God of peace will be with us.
Matthew 21: 33-43
We are called to take care of the Lord’s vineyard, his kingdom, and produce from it the fruits of his love.
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Isaiah 55: 6-9
The prophet stresses God’s utter transcendence and God’s merciful love – these are complementary and not contradictory.
Philippians 1: 20-24. 27
Paul desires to die to be more fully with Christ, but it is God’s will that her remain on this earth to carry out his mission.
Matthew 20: 1-6
God cannot be measured by any human standards. As the source of everything that exists, the Lord can bestow his blessings according to his loving kindness.