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Wisdom 12: 13. 16-19
God is infinitely powerful, but combines power with kindliness and gives us time to repent.
Romans 8: 26-27
When we find it hard to pray, the Spirit is there.
Matthew 13: 24-43
Jesus uses the agricultural seasons to teach us patience.
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Isaiah 55: 10-11
God’s word succeeds in what it was sent to do.
Romans 8: 18-23
The whole of creation hopes to enjoy the same freedom and glory as the children of God.
Matthew 13: 1-23
The one who hears God’s word and understands it is the one who yields a great harvest.
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Zachariah 9: 9-10
The prophet foreshadows Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the humble King, riding on a donkey.
Romans 8:9: 11-13
Those who belong to Christ are filled with the life-giving Spirit of Christ.
Matthew 11: 25-30
True greatness is achieved only through living in humility and littleness.
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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.