GENESIS 18: 20-32
Abraham discovers that the justice of God is tempered by mercy.

COLOSSIANS 2: 12-14
Buried with Christ in baptism, we are raised to glorious new life.

LUKE 11: 1-13
The Lord’s Prayer is our way of life.


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Genesis 18: 1-10
Abraham and Sarah unwittingly offer hospitality to God’s angels and receive a blessing.

Colossians 1: 24-28
Paul unites his own sufferings with those of Christ for the Church.

Luke 10: 38-42
Martha and Mary welcome Jesus into their homes.  Jesus show them true hospitality.

Deuteronomy 30: 10-14
The Law of God is not beyond our strength or beyond our reach.  God’s Word is in our mouth and heart.

Colossians 1: 15-20
In this beautiful hymn St Paul praises the divinity of Jesus in creation, in the Church, and in reconciling and uniting everything in heaven and earth.

Luke 10: 25-37
Jesus relates the much-loved parable of the Good Samaritan.

Fourteenth Sunday of the Year

Isaiah 66: 10-14
The Temple, restored in Jerusalem, is a place of mercy, comfort and peace.

Galatians 6: 14-18
Christ, by his spirit, makes us a new creation.  It is God’s grace, not the Law, which saves us.

Luke 10: 1-12, 17-20
Jesus sends his disciples out to impart his peace to a troubled and hostile world.

Acts 12: 1-11
Herod arrested Peter, but an angel released him from his chains, leading him out of prison and into freedom.

2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 17-18
Paul tells us that he has fought the good fight and finished the race.  Now only martyrdom awaits him.

Matthew 16: 13-19
When Jesus asked the disciples what identity people attributed to him, Peter answered on behalf of the Church that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.