O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

『Jesus walks with me, but I hardly notice him.』

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Acts 3:1-10

Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9

Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.

『The cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, 

but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.』

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊  

Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12

＊＊＊ 2nd Reading ＊＊＊

Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9

We have a great High Priest,

Jesus looks at me and speaks my name!  Can I hear him?

Do I have a sense of the depth of his love for me as he speaks my name?

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊

Acts 2:36-41

 Let Israel then know for sure

“I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you "

CHRISM MASS:

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊  

Isaiah 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9

Ps 89:21-22, 25, 27

Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

"Lord, may we always live in the joy and hope of the resurrection."

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Acts 2:14, 22-33

 Then Peter stood up

It was at Passover time that Jesus came to Jerusalem

knowing he would be betrayed and put to death

as the "Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world"

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊  

Isaiah  50:4-9a

The Lord Yahweh has taught me

"Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning while it was still dark,

and she saw that the stone blocking the tomb had been moved away."

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊  

Act 10:34a, 37-43

 Peter then spoke to them,

Judas walks into the darkness – away from Jesus,

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Isaiah 49:1-6

  Listen to me, O islands,

Christ is "light and life".

we have died with Christ,we believe that we shall also live with him.

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊  

Genesis 1:1-2:2(or 1:1, 26-31a)

Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24-35

＊＊＊Perfect love covers a multitude of sins. 

      God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God and God in him.＊＊＊

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊  

Isaiah 42:1-7

  Here is my servant whom I uphold,