Isaiah 53: 10-11
The suffering servant takes our faults on himself.

Hebrews 4: 14-16
With Jesus as our high Priest, we can have confidence in approaching the throne of grace when need help.

Mark 10: 35-45

James and John are looking for glory, but Jesus shows them the way of humble service.

Wisdom 7: 7-11
Wisdom is the treasure that we may have for ever.  When it comes, it always comes as God’s gift.

Hebrews 4: 12-13
Nothing is hidden from God, because God’s love accepts no barriers.

Mark 10: 17-30
When God became human, the impossible stopped being impossible.

Genesis 2: 18-24
The world in all its teeming variety comes from God, who is above all created things and yet sustains all in divine love.

Hebrews 2: 9-11
From the depth of the Trinity’s love, God shares our humanity, even in suffering and death, so that we can be truly God’s children.

Mark 10: 2-16
We often fail in love through weakness and sin, and so we have to make up ways of dealing with what goes wrong.  But deep in creation lies God’s plan for us to share, in our very bodies, in God’s creative love.

Numbers 11: 25-29
The Lord is generous in bestowing his Spirit.

James 5: 1-6
The wealthy who behave unjustly will pay for their callous attitude.

Mark 9: 38-43. 47-48
Jesus warns us of the destructive power of sin.

Wisdom 2: 12. 17-20
Those who are just will suffer for their virtuous life.

James 3:16 – 4:3

Real prayer can overcome the violence that arises in us because of our thwarted desires.

Mark 9: 30-37

Jesus tells us that leadership will only be effective through humble service.