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May 17 Acts 17:22-31 Ps 66:8-20 1 Pt 3:13-22 Jn 14:15-21
He claimed that people were desperately seeking some kind of meaning or transcendence in all kinds of places, and that the challenge for the church was not to try to interest people in spiritual things, but rather to show why what we have to offer is better than anything else in the massive smorgasbord of spiritual options available.
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May 10 Acts 7:55-60 Ps 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Pt 2:2-10 Jn 14:1-14
In this week’s gospel reading, Jesus promises his disciples (and us!) a place to belong: ‘In my father’s house there are many dwelling-places… and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.’
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May 3 Acts 2:42-47 Ps 23 1 Pt 2:19-25 Jn 10:1-10
“…..What may be missing, too often, is not the teaching and learning, the fellowship, communion, or prayer: it may be the awe. The ‘wonders and signs’ may be passing us by, without our taking notice.”
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April 26 Second Sunday after Easter Luke 24:13-35
Some disciples meet a stranger on the road out of Jerusalem heading towards Emmaus. He teaches them and they are warmed by the beauty of his teaching.
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April 19 Sunday after Easter Jn 20:19-35
Thomas lives and breathes in all of us. We want concrete proof and we are unwilling to be gullible when people tell us fantastic tales.
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April 12 Easter Sunday Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Jn 20:1-18
Psalm 118 reminds us again of its refrain about the steadfast love of God-the refrain we have read before this month.
