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Today's Gospel, 21 March. Nicodemus, Part Two

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Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices.   Nicodemus and Jesus by Providence Lithograph Company, 1904    Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9666300 John 7:40-52 When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, “This [Jesus] is really the prophet.” Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some asked, “Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he? Has not the scripture said that the Messiah is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” So there was a division in the crowd because of him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. Then the temple police went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not arrest him?” The police answered, “Never has anyone spoken like this!” Then the Pharisees replied, “Surely you have not been deceived too, have you? Has any one of ...
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Today's Gospel in Lent, plus resources and parish notices

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices. Betrayal of Christ , 1494 Painting in Holy Cross Church, Platanissa, Cyprus by unknown medieval painters  See Andreas Stylianou and Judith A. Stylianou:  The Painted Churches of Cyprus . Trigraph, London 1985  Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19448211 Today's Gospel      John 7:1-2,10,25-30 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish  to go about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him. Now the Jewish festival of Booths  was near. But after his brothers had gone to the festival, then he also went, not publicly but as it were  in secret. Now some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, ‘Is not this the man whom they are trying to kill? And here he is, speaking openly, but they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Messiah? ...
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Today’s Gospel, 19 March: Saint Joseph of Nazareth

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and notices. Today's Gospel      Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a ... and Jacob [was] the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah. Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took...
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