Fourth Sunday of Easter

April 29, 2012


Acts 4:8-12  /  1 John 3:1-2  /  John 10:11-18


Acts 4:11-12

He is the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.  There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.

1 John 3:1

The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

 

John 10:14

I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I will lay down my life for the sheep.

Third Sunday of Easter

April 22, 2012


Acts 3:13-15,17-19  /  1 John 2:1-5a  /  Luke 24:35-48


Acts 3:13

Peter said to the people: "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus."

1 John 2:1-3

We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.  He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.  The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep his commandments.

 

Luke 24:36

While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you."

Sunday of the Divine Mercy

April 15, 2012


Acts 4:32-35  /  1 John 5:1-6  /  John 20:19-31


Acts 4:33

With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all.

1 John 5:4

And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.

 

John 20:20-21

The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.  Jesus said to them again,  "Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me, so I send you."

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

April 8, 2012


Acts 10:34a,37-43  /  Colossians 3:1-4   /   John 20:1-9


Acts 10:37-38

"You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power."

Colossians 3:2

Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.

 

John 20:8

Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.