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Ezekiel 17: 22-24
The prophet Ezekiel brings comfort to God’s people with the promise that their fortunes will be restored. This work comes about only by God’s loving act, through the same power that makes great and beautiful trees grow from small shoots.
2 Corinthians 5: 6-10
Paul reminds us that is not through our own sight and certainty that we can have confidence about what lies ahead, but through faith in Jesus. Walking in this faith we find our pleasure in Christ, whatever the condition of our life.
Mark 4: 26-34
Jesus longs to bring his disciples into an understanding of the kingdom of God. The stories he uses for his friends are stories of the mystery of growth and fruitfulness in creation, the mystery of God’s loving presence at work in the world.
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Exodus 24: 3-8
When the people commit themselves to the observance of all God’s commands, Moses seals their promise by sprinkling them with the blood of the covenant.
Hebrews 9: 11-15
Christ enters the sanctuary of God’s presence to present the offering of his own blood for our eternal redemption.
Mark 14: 12-16. 22-26
In the course of the Passover meal, Jesus gives the disciples the sacrament of his own body and blood to eat and to drink. This is a sign of the new and eternal convent.
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Acts 2: 1-11
God’s Holy Spirit brings unity and understanding to all the people of the earth.
Galatians 5: 16-25
The life of the Spirit and the life of self-indulgence are totally opposed.
John 15: 26-27. 16: 12-15
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth and will lead us into all truth.
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Acts 1: 1-11
Before Jesus is taken up to heaven he instructs the apostles about the kingdom and their mission to bear witness to him.
Ephesians 1: 17-23
Paul prays that God may fill us with a deeper understanding of all the rich glories that he has promised we will inherit through the victory of Christ.
Mark 16: 15-20
Before Jesus ascends to the right hand of God he commissions the apostles to take the Gospel to the whole of creation.
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Acts 10:25-26. 34-35. 44-48
Peter goes to the house of Cornelius, and barriers of race and religion fall down.
1 John 4: 7-10
The love of God is the most powerful thing in the world.
John 15: 9-17
The force and the power of God’s love came down to us through Jesus Christ.