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Isaiah 61: 1-12. 10 -11
Hope can feel a little bit like fear, the sort of joyous fear a bride and groom feel on their wedding night.
1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24
Where there is peace, there is God. Where there is God, there is peace.
John 1: 6-8. 19-28
God sent John. We are part of that sending. To be a Christian is to have a mission.
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Isaiah 40: 1-5. 9-11
The prophet Isaiah announces that God’s glory is about to be revealed, and calls on the people to prepare for it.
2 Peter 3: 8-14
The followers of Jesus are called to lead holy and good lives while waiting for the new heavens and new earth, where righteousness rules.
Mark 1: 1-8
The first verses of Mark’s Gospel announce the “beginning of the Good News” of Jesus Christ, and tells of the witness of John of the Baptist.
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Isaiah 63: 16-17. 64: 1. 3-8
We humans are rebellious and our integrity is only skin-deep, yet God is the potter and we are the clay. We can trust God to help us.
1 Corinthians 1: 3-9
Jesus fills us with gifts of the Spirit as we await his second coming.
Mark 13: 33-37
Jesus teaches us never to forget that he, the master of our house, will come again.
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Ezekiel 34: 11-12. 15-17
Today’s reading follows the prophet’s stinging words of indictment against the leaders of Israel who had failed in their responsibility for God’s people. These leaders were focused on their own political agenda and personal gain; the Lord, in contrast, is a good shepherd.
1 Corinthians 15: 20-26. 28
Paul presents a powerful picture of Christ as Lord. Christ is presented as the ruler to whom every other power and authority must eventually give way.
Matthew 25: 31-46
A description of the last judgement where God’s people are judged according to how well they followed Christ in demonstrating compassion and love in their lives.
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Proverbs 31: 10-13. 19-20. 30-31
When the writer of Proverbs looks for an image to finish his book, and sum up what practical wisdom looks like, he offers a picture the ‘Perfect Wife’.
1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6
As Paul writes to some of the earliest Christians, he is concerned that they learn to live their lives in joyful expectation, rather than in anxiety about the future.
Matthew 25: 14-30
Today’s Gospel tells us the familiar parable of the ‘talents’. However small the work set before us, we are each called to respond with care and creativity.