Now the festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near.  The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve;  he went away and conferred with […]

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St Luke 21: 29 – 37 Then he told them a parable: ‘Look at the fig tree and all the trees; as soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God […]

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St Luke 21: 20 – 28 ‘When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must leave it, and those out in the country must not enter it;  for these are days of vengeance, as […]

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St Luke 21 5-19 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said,  ‘As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.’ They asked him, ‘Teacher, when […]

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1 April 2025  St Luke 21: 1 – 4 Jesus looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.  He said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them;  for all of them have […]

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St Luke 20 : 41 – 47 Then Jesus said to them, ‘How can they say that the Messiah is David’s son? For David himself says in the book of Psalms, “The Lord said to my Lord,‘Sit at my right hand,until I make your enemies your footstool.’” David thus calls him Lord; so how can […]

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We give thanks to you, O God,we give thanks and call upon your name.We recount your wonderful deeds. “When I reach the appointed time,then I will judge with justice.Though the earth and all who dwell in it may rock,it is I who uphold its pillars. To the boastful I say: ‘Do not boast,’to the wicked: […]

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St Luke 20: 20 – 26 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said, so as to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.  So they asked him, ‘Teacher, we know that you are right in what you […]

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St Luke 20: 8 – 19 Jesus began to tell the people this parable: ‘A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time. When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants in order that they might give him his share of the […]

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