In the Parish

Reading: Mark 6:14-29

Reading: Mark 6:1-14

Reading: Mark 5:21-43

Reading: Mark 4:35-41

Readings: Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1 - 2:2 John 20:19-31 Jesus commissions his disciples in John, and in Acts we get a vision of the radical reordering of lives and community that the Resurrection brings.

Readings: Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Mark 16:1-8 Alleluia!  Christ is risen!  Death no longer has dominion.  Jesus is Lord over life and death.

Readings: John 18-19 -- The account of Jesus' death according to the Gospel of John Despite being betrayed, arrested, convicted and crucified, Jesus is always in control.  Jesus lays his life down for the sake of his friends.

Reading: John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Jesus washes his disciples' feet and provides an act of true love.

Readings: Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 14:1 - 15:47 The account of Jesus' passion and death as recounted by Mark strips away the illusion that this world is simply in need of a little correction.  Jesus' life of grace, shown forth in his ministry, is responded to by the powers of this world with violence.  And yet, that violence is not the end since Jesus comes to redeem all of those who stand in a broken relationship with God, even those who murder him.

Readings Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-12 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 Greeks come to see Jesus during the festival of the Passover.  Jesus gives us the proper perspective for what is about to happen.  Seeds bring life only when they fall into the ground and are transformed.  Jesus' death will be the same.  He dies so that fruit will be born in us.