Category: Word of the Lord

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

I Am the Living Bread – John 6:51—58  Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled

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Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

God So Loved the World – John 3:16—18  God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that

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Pentecost Sunday

Receive the Holy Spirit – John 20:19—23  On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said

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Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

The Commissioning of the Disciples – Matthew 28:16–20  The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to

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6th Sunday of Easter

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit – John 14:15—21  Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because

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5th Sunday of Easter

Jesus the Way to the Father – John 14:1—12  Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that

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4th Sunday of Easter

Jesus the Good Shepherd – John 10:1—10  Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens it

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3rd Sunday of Easter

On the Road to Emmaus – Luke 24:13—35 That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were

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2nd Sunday of Easter

Jesus Appears to His Disciples – John 20:19—31  On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had

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Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

The Empty Tomb of Jesus – John 20:1—9  On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the

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