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Our Easter Vigil reading is 1 Peter 4:1-8. Therefore, since Christ suffered as a human, you should also arm yourselves with his way of thinking. This is because whoever suffers is finished with sin. As a result, they don’t live the rest of their human lives in ways determined by human desires but in ways …
Our Good Friday Gospel is John 18:1-19:42. After Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples. So …
Today is Maundy Thursday, when we remember Jesus celebrating the Last Supper with His disciples. Our Gospel lesson is John 13:1-17. “It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, …
Our epistle this week is Acts 10:34-43. Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news …
Our Old Testament lesson is Isaiah 25:6-9. On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; …
Our call to worship is Psalm 118:14-19. The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things! The Lord’s right hand is lifted high; the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!” …
Our Gospel lesson for Palm Sunday is Mark 11:1-11, taken today from the New International Version (NIV). As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you …
Our Gospel this week is Mark 11:1-11, taken today from the New American Standard Bible (NASB). As they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a …
Our Gospel this week is Mark 11:1-11, taken today from the English Standard Version (ESV). Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it …
Our Gospel this week is Mark 1:1-11, taken today from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). “When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will …