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Sunday 14th June - This Week's Readings
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Friday, 12 June 2009 10:47

Exodus 24: 3-8
Moses puts God’s commandments into writing and offers sacrifices.  With the blood of the sacrifice he seals the covenant on behalf of the people. 

Hebrews 9: 11-15
Christ is the high Priest of the new covenant, sacrificing not animals but his own body, and sealing the covenant with his own blood. 

Mark 14: 12-16.  22-26
During the feast of the Passover, Jesus blesses bread, gives it to his disciples and tells them to take and eat it as his body.  He then blesses wine and tells his disciples to drink it as his blood, the blood of the new covenant between the Lord and his people. 

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Sunday Readings

Acts 1: 1-11
Before Jesus is taken up to heaven he instructs the apostles about the kingdom and their mission to bear witness to him.

Ephesians 1: 17-23

Paul prays that God may fill us with a deeper understanding of all the rich glories that he has promised we will inherit through the victory of Christ.

Mark 16: 15-20
Before Jesus ascends to the right hand of God he commissions the apostles to take the Gospel to the whole of creation.

Prayer Intentions

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING WHO ARE UNWELL:
Alicia Talty, Olive Galloway, Margaret Jackson, John Mendes, John Goodall, Grace Lalla, Elena Ferdenzi, Briege Reilly, Henning Althoff, Kathleen O’Driscoll, Mary Anne Collins, Pauline Ward, Maria Torrino, Mary Ann Cawley, Patrick Madden and Gerry D’Souza.

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY DIED:
Antonietta Fasano, George Stephens, John Goodall and Kathleen Martin.