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Sunday 16th August - This Week's Readings
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Friday, 14 August 2009 11:19

Apocalypse 11:19, 12: 1-6, 10
John sees a vision of a woman in childbirth and a dragon waiting to eat the child when it is born.  But the boy she bears is taken straight up to heaven and the woman escapes to the desert. 

1 Corinthians 15: 20-26
Death came through one man, Adam, and death has been conquered by one man, Christ.  All who belong to Christ will be brought to life. 

Luke 1: 39-56
Mary, pregnant with Jesus, visits her cousin, Elizabeth, pregnant with John the Baptist.  John leaps in Elizabeth’s womb.  Elizabeth recognizes Mary as the mother of the Lord.  Mary speaks her prayer, the Magnificat. 

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