As it is written,‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived,what God has prepared for those who love him’—these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. . From 1 Corinthians 2: 9-16 (NRSV) For those using the Catholic cycle…
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I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God. From 1 Corinthians 2:…
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The word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.If I say, ‘I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name’,then within me there is something like a burning fire shut up in my bones;I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. From Jeremiah 20: 7-9…
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God is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, in order that, as it is written, ‘Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.’ From 1 Corinthians 1: 26-31 (NRSV) Most of us have met people who are boastful. Sometimes,…
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God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. From 1 Corinthians 1: 17-25 (NRSV) St Paul has just been talking about the fact that preaching about the crucifixion is a massive problem to most people – to the Jewish people it was an obstacle, to the Greeks it…
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To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus,called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus…
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We were not idle when we were with you, and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it; but with toil and labour we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you. From 2 Thessalonians 3: 6-10, 16-18 (NRSV) One danger of thinking that the Day of Judgement was…
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So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen…
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The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. From Apocalypse 21: 9-14 (NRSV) Many people identify Bartholomew with Nathanael whose first meeting with Jesus we hear about in the Gospel. (John 1: 45-51). He became one of the twelve people closest to…
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I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open. . From Isaiah 22: 19-23 (NRSV) The First Reading on Sundays is chosen to complement the Gospel and today we can link what Isaiah writes about with…
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