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FIRST READING Acts 4:1-12 1As {Peter and John} were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3And they arrested them and put them in custody until the … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Acts 3:11-21 11While {the man who had been healed} clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s. 12And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Acts 4:32-35 32Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. 33And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the … [Read more…]

PROCESSIONAL GOSPEL John 12:12-19 12The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Jeremiah 31:31-34 31“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Numbers 21:4-9 4From Mount Hor {the Israelites} set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. 5And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Exodus 20:1-17 1God spoke all these words, saying, 2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3You shall have no other gods before me. 4You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, 2that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” 3Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Genesis 22:1-18 1After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which … [Read more…]

GOD’S WILL AND GOD’S PROMISE Everyone here I suppose is familiar with the story of how God told Abraham that he had to sacrifice his son Isaac. The story in the Bible is told mainly from the perspective of Abraham. But have you ever stopped and thought about it from Isaac’s view-point? Well this evening … [Read more…]