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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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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