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Sunday 25th December 2011. This Week's Readings
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Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:31

Isaiah 52: 7-10
Isaiah foretells the coming of the Lord: It is to be a time of great rejoicing, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of God.

Hebrews 1: 1-6
All the prophecies of old have been fulfilled by God in the sending of his Son, Jesus Christ. All the angels worship Jesus, who sits at the right hand of God.

John 1: 1-18
John reflects on the mystery of the incarnation, where the eternal word of God becomes flesh and lives among us.  In him, we see God’s glory.

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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.