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The Fifth Sunday of Lent “Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’ Philip went and told Andrew, then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them,…

The Sunday of the Final Judgement “Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. “Let us go before, O brethren, and cleanse ourselves for the Queen of virtues; for behold she hath come bringing to us fortune of good deeds, quenching…

The Fourth Sunday of Lent “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not…

The Sunday of the Prodigal Son “Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you? You want something and do not have it, so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it, so you engage in disputes…

The Sunday of the Prodigal Son “Then [Jesus] said: ‘A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to…

The Third Sunday in Lent “The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, with the sheep and…

The Second Sunday of Lent “Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to…

Chasing more, becoming less “Elijah then came near to all the people and said, ’long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him.’ The people did not answer him a word” (1 Kings 18:21). Ba’al, the Ancient Canaanite deity of storms, the…

The First Sunday of Lent “In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him. And a voice came from the heavens,…