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.

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.

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.

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.

Acts 9: 26-31

The newly converted Saul has been preaching in the name of Jesus, and is accepted by the apostolic church in Jerusalem.

 

1 John 3: 18-24

God’s commandments can be summed up in two imperatives: to believe in Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he taught us.

 

John 15: 1-8

The grace of Christ, which he gives to us, is the source of all our belief and good works.  We are called to be his disciples and to be fruitful.