Wisdom 12: 13. 19

The Lord is strong, yet mild in judgement. 

Romans 8: 26-27

The Spirit expresses our pleas to God when we cannot find the words we need. 

Matthew 13: 24-43

The Lord allows good and evil to flourish together until the time of the harvest. 

Isaiah 55: 10-11

Isaiah compares the meaning and sequence of natural events with the power of God’s creative word, which never fails to achieve its purpose. 

Romans 8: 18-23

Redeemed humanity and all of creation share in the hope of eternal glory. 

Matthew 13: 1-23

Seeds are scattered on the earth and fall on hard, poor and rich soil.  This process is compared with the proclamation of the reign of God. 

Zechariah 9: 9-10

The prophet Zechariah presents the vision of the Messiah as a king riding on a donkey proclaiming peace for all nations. 

Romans 8: 9. 11-13

The Spirit of God lives in each one of us, and Paul calls us to give attention to the spiritual dimension of our lives. 

Matthew 11: 25-30

Those who are well educated and arrogant in their knowledge can easily miss what God is really telling us.  children can sometimes more easily relate to the teachings of a God who is ‘Gentle and humble in heart’

Deuteronomy 8: 2-3. 14-16

Moses reminds the people that God is the one who has led them from slavery to freedom, and is the one who feeds them. 

1 Corinthians 10: 16-17

For St Paul, the Eucharist is a sign of the unity of the Church in Christ. 

John 6: 51-58

The body and blood of the Lord is the promise of eternal life. 

Exodus 34: 4-6.8-9

The Lord  reveals himself to Moses as a God of tenderness and compassion.

2 Corinthians 13: 11-13

Paul urges the Corinthians to reflect in their lives the love and unity of the three divine persons.

John 3: 16-18

To his late-night visitor, Nichodemus, Jesus speaks of a God who loves this world so deeply as to send his only Son as its saviour.