Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

April 1, 2012


Isaiah 50:4-7  /  Philippians 2:6-11  /  Mark 14:1-15:47


Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.

Philippians 2:11

Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.


Mark 14:9

"Amen, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed to the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."

Fifth Sunday of Lent

March 25, 2012


Jeremiah 31:31-34  /  Hebrews 5:7-9  /  John 12:20-33


Jeremiah 31:33

I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

 

Hebrews 5:8-9

Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered;  and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be.  The Father will honor whoever serves me.

Fourth Sunday of Lent

March 18, 2012


2 Chr 36:14-16,19-23  /  Ephesians 2:4-10  /  John 3:14-21


2 Chronicles 36:23

Whoever, therefore, among you belongs to any part of his people, let him go up, and may his God be with him!

Ephesians 2:9-10

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast.  For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.

 

John 3:21

But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.

Third Sunday of Lent

March 11, 2012


Exodus 20:1-17  /  1 Corinthians 1:22-25  /  John 2:13-25


Exodus16-17

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, you shall not covet your neighbor's house.  You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male or female slave, nor his ox or ass, nor anything else that belongs to him.

1 Corinthians 1:22-24

Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

John 2:19

Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up."