Sunday Bulletin
Sunday Bulletin: June 22, 2008
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Readings
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GOSPEL READING
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The Reading is from Matthew 10:32-33; 37-38; 19:27-30 |
The Lord said to his disciples, "Every one who acknowledges me
before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in
heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny him
before my Father who is in heaven. He who loves father or mother
more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or
daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not
take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." Then Peter
said in reply, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you.
What then shall we have?" Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to
you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his
glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every
one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or
mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a
hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. But many that are first
will be last, and the last first."
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EPISTLE READING
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The Reading is from
St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40; 12:1-2 |
BRETHREN, all the
saints through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice,
received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging
fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of
weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured,
refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a
better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even
chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in
two, they were tempted, they were killed with the sword; they
went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted,
ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering over
deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And
all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive
what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for
us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which
clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race
that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and
perfection of our faith.
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