If we have hoped in Christ for this life only , we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. From 1 Corinthians 15: 12-20, NRSV Although naturalists are finding evidence that some species of animals recognise…
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Last of all… Christ appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me has not been in vain. From 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11,…
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For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. From 1 Corinthians 12: 31 – 13:13, NRSV For many of us, as soon as we hear the words “if I…
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Just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. From 1…
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The Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.’ So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live. From Numbers…
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Refrain from strife, and your sins will be fewer; for the hot-tempered kindle strife,and the sinner disrupts friendships and sows discord among those who are at peace. From Ecclesiasticus 27: 33 – 28:9 NRSV) The Reading today labours the point about forgiveness and avoiding enmity with those around us – over and over again! As…
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We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honour, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless, and we grow weary from the work of…
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Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they should be found trustworthy. From 1 Corinthians 4: 1-5 (NRSV) As the anniversary of St Cuthbert’s death is 20 March which is always in Lent, today is offered as a possible alternative.…
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We were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us. From 1 Thessalonians 2: 2-8 (NRSV) The…
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Neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labour of each. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s…
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