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Jerusalem Bible, the translation current
used in the readings at Mass on a Sunday
and during the week.
Genesis 2: 18-20
RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Naming of the Animals
The Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should
be alone. I will make him a helpmate.’ So from the soil
the Lord God fashioned all the wild beasts and all the
birds of heaven. These he brought to the man to see
what he would call them; each one was to bear the name
the man would give it.
The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of
heaven and all the wild beasts. But no helpmate suitable
for man was found for him.
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Isaiah 53:4-5
RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Messiah Will Heal
And yet ours were the sufferings he bore,
ours the sorrows he carried.
But we, we thought of him as someone punished,
struck by God, and brought low.
Yet he was pierced through for our faults,
crushed for our sins.
On him lies a punishment that brings us peace,
and through his wounds we are healed.
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Matthew 9:1-8
RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Healing of the Paralysed Man
Jesus got in the boat, crossed the water and came to
his own town. Then some people appeared, bringing
him a paralytic stretched out on a bed. Seeing their
faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Courage, my child,
your sins are forgiven.’
And at this some scribes said to themselves, ‘This
man is blaspheming.’ Knowing what was in their minds
Jesus said, ‘Why do you have such wicked thoughts in
your hearts?
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Matthew 9:1-8(cont’d)
RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Healing of the Paralysed Man
Now, which of these is easier to say, “Your sins are
forgiven,” or to say, “Get up and walk”? But to prove to
you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to
forgive sins,’ – he said to the paralytic – ‘get up, and
pick up your bed and go off home.’ And the man got up
and went home.
A feeling of awe came over the crowd when they saw
this, and they praised God for giving such power to
men.
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Matthew 11:28-30
RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
Rest for your Souls
Jesus exclaimed,
‘Come to me, all you who labour and are
overburdened, and I will give you rest.
Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am
gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest
for your souls.
Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’
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Matthew 5:1-12
RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Beatitudes
Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill.
There he sat down and was joined by his disciples.
Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:
‘How happy are the poor in spirit;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy the gentle:
they shall have the earth for their heritage.
Happy those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right:
they shall be satisfied.
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Matthew 5:1-12(cont’d)
RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Beatitudes
Happy the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
Happy the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Happy the peacemakers:
they shall be called sons of God.
Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right:
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
‘Happy are you when people abuse you
and persecute you and speak
all kinds of calumny against you on my account.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven:
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this is how they persecuted the prophets before you. ‘
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1 Corinthians 12:24-27
RERC 2-01a Mystery of God
The Mystical Body of Christ
God has arranged the body so that more dignity
is given to the parts which are without it,
and so that there
may not be disagreements inside the body,
but that each part may be equally
concerned for all the others.
If one part is hurt, all parts are hurt with it.
If one part is given special honour, all parts enjoy it.
Now you together are Christ’s body;
but each of you is a different part of it.
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Genesis 1
RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Now the earth was a formless void,
there was darkness over the deep,
and God’s spirit hovered over the water.
God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light.
God saw that light was good,
and God divided light from darkness.
God called light ‘day’, and darkness he called ‘night.’
Evening came and morning came: the first day.
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Genesis 1
RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
The second day of creation
God said, ‘Let there be a vault in the waters to
divide the waters in two.’ And so it was. God made
the vault, and it divided the waters above the
vault from the waters under the vault.
God called the vault ‘heaven.’ Evening came and
morning came: the second day.
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Genesis 1
RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
The third day of creation
God said, ‘Let the waters under heaven come together
into a single mass, and let dry land appear.’ And so it was.
God called the dry land ‘earth’
and the mass of waters ‘seas’,
and God saw that it was good.
God said, ‘Let the earth produce vegetation:
seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees bearing fruit
with their seed inside, on the earth.’ And so it was.
The earth produced vegetation: plants bearing seed
in their several kinds, and trees bearing fruit with
their seed inside in their several kinds.
God saw that it was good.
Evening came and morning came: the third day.
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Genesis 1
RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
The fourth day of creation
God said, ‘Let there be lights in the vault of heaven to divide
day from night, and let them indicate festivals,
days and years. Let them be lights in the
vault of heaven to shine on the earth.’
And so it was. God made the two great lights:
the greater light to govern the day,
the smaller light to govern the night, and the stars.
God set them in the vault of heaven to shine on the earth,
to govern the day and the night and to
divide light from darkness. God saw that it was good.
Evening came and morning came: the fourth day.
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Genesis 1 (cont’d)
RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
The fifth day of creation
God said, ‘Let the waters teem with living creatures,
and let birds
fly above the earth within the vault of heaven.’ And so it was.
God created great sea-serpents and every kind of
living creature with which
the waters teem,
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and every kind of winged creature.
God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying,
‘Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas;
and let the birds multiply upon the earth.’
Evening came and morning came: the fifth day.
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Genesis 1
RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
The sixth day of creation
God said, ‘Let the earth produce every kind of living creature:
cattle, reptiles, and every kind of wild beast.’ And so it was.
God made every kind of wild beast,
every kind of cattle, and every kind of land reptile.
God saw that it was good.
God said, ‘Let us make man in our own image,
in the likeness of ourselves,
and let them be
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masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven,
the cattle, all the wild beasts and all the
reptiles that crawl upon the earth.’
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God created man in the image of himself,
in the image of God he created him,
male and female he created them.
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Genesis 1
RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
The sixth day of creation (cont’d)
God blessed them, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply,
fill the earth and conquer it.
Be masters of the fish of the sea,
the birds of heaven and all living animals on the earth.’
God said, ‘See, I give you all the seed-bearing plants
that are upon the whole earth, and all the trees
with seed-bearing fruit; this shall be your food.
To all wild beasts, all birds of heaven and all living reptiles
on the earth I give all the foliage of plants for food.’
And so it was. God saw all he had made,
and indeed it was very good.
Evening came and morning came: the sixth day.
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Genesis 1
RERC 1-01a Mystery of God
The Sabbath
Thus heaven and earth were completed
with all their array.
On the seventh day God completed the
work he had been doing.
He rested on the seventh day after
all the work he had been doing.
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Psalm 130
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Out of the Depths
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,
Lord, hear my voice!
O let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleading.
If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt,
Lord, who would survive?
But with you is found forgiveness:
for this we revere you.
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Psalm 130(cont’d)
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Out of the Depths
My soul is waiting for the Lord.
I count on his word.
My soul is longing for the Lord
more than watchman for daybreak.
Let the watchman count on daybreak,
and Israel on the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy
and fulness of redemption,
Israel indeed he will redeem
from all its iniquity.
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Psalm 102
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Prayer in Misfortune
Lord, listen to my prayer
and let my cry come to you.
Do not hide your face from me:
whenever I am troubled,
turn to me and hear me.
Whenever I call on you, hurry to answer me.
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For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones are dry as tinder.
My heart is cut down like grass, it is dry –
I cannot remember to eat.
The sound of my groaning
makes my bones stick to my flesh.
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Psalm 102(cont’d)
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Prayer in Misfortune
I am lonely as a pelican in the wilderness,
as an owl in the ruins,
as a sparrow alone on a rooftop:
I do not sleep.
All day long my enemies taunt me,
they burn with anger and use my name as a curse.
I make ashes my bread,
I mix tears with my drink,
because of your anger and reproach –
you, who raised me up, have dashed me to the ground.
My days fade away like a shadow:
I wither like grass.
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Psalm 102(cont’d)
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Prayer in Misfortune
But you, Lord, remain for ever
and your name lasts from generation to generation.
You will rise up and take pity on Zion,
for it is time that you pitied it,
indeed it is time:
for your servants love its very stones
and pity even its dust.
Then, Lord, the peoples will fear your name.
All the kings of the earth will fear your glory,
when the Lord has rebuilt Zion
and appeared there in his glory;
when he has listened to the prayer of the destitute
and not rejected their pleading.
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Psalm 102(cont’d)
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
Prayer in Misfortune
These things shall be written for the next generation
and a people yet to be born shall praise the Lord.
Because he has looked down from his high sanctuary,
– the Lord has looked down from heaven to earth –
and heard the groans of prisoners
and freed the children of death
so that they could proclaim the Lord’s name in Zion
and sing his praises in Jerusalem,
where people and kingdoms gather together
to serve the Lord.
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Isaiah 49:14-16
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
I Will Never Forget You
For the Lord consoles his people
and takes pity on those who are afflicted.
For Zion was saying, ‘The Lord has abandoned me,
the Lord has forgotten me.’
Does a woman forget her baby at the breast,
or fail to cherish the son of her womb?
Yet even if these forget,
I will never forget you.
See, I have branded you
on the palms of my hands.
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Daniel 3:17-21.34-43
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
The three young men praise God in the furnace
Azariah said, ‘You must know, O king, that we will not
serve your god or worship the statue you have erected.’
These words infuriated the king;
his expression was very different now.
He gave orders for the furnace be made seven times hotter
than usual, and commanded certain stalwarts of his army
to bind the men and throw them into the fiery furnace.
And they walked into the heart of the flames,
praising God and blessing the Lord.
Azariah stood in the heart of the fire, and began to pray:
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Daniel 3:17-21.34-43 (cont’d)
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
The three young men praise God in the furnace
‘Oh! Do not abandon us for ever,
for the sake of your name;
do not repudiate your covenant,
do not withdraw your favour from us,
for the sake of Abraham, your friend,
of Isaac your servant,
and of Israel your holy one,
to whom you promised descendants as
countless as the stars of heaven
and as the grains of sand on the seashore.
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Daniel 3:17-21.34-43 (cont’d)
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
The three young men praise God in the furnace
Lord, now we are the least of all the nations,
now we are despised throughout the world,
today, because of our sins.
We have at this time no leader, no prophet, no prince,
no holocaust, no sacrifice, no oblation, no incense,
no place where we can offer you the first-fruits
and win your favour.
But may the contrite soul,
the humbled spirit be as acceptable to you
as holocausts of rams and bullocks,
as thousands of fattened lambs:
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Daniel 3:17-21.34-43 (cont’d)
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
The three young men praise God in the furnace
such let our sacrifice be to you today,
and may it be your will that we follow you wholeheartedly,
since those who put their trust
in you will not be disappointed.
And now we put our whole heart into following you,
into fearing you and seeking your face once more.
Do not disappoint us;
treat us gently, as you yourself are gentle
and very merciful.
Grant us deliverance worthy of your wonderful deeds,
let your name win glory, Lord.
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Genesis 1:27
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
God Creates Man and Woman
God said, ‘Let us make man in our own image,
in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be
masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven,
the cattle, all the wild beasts and all the
reptiles that crawl upon the earth.’
God created man in the image of himself,
in the image of God he created him,
male and female he created them.
Genesis 2:7
RERC 2-01b Mystery of God
God Breathes the Breath of Life
The Lord God fashioned man
of dust from the soil.
Then he breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life;
and thus man became a living being.
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Matthew 25:14-30
RERC 2-02a Image of God
The Parable of the Talents
Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: ‘The kingdom
of Heaven is like a man on his way abroad who
summoned his servants and entrusted his property to
them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a
third one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set
out.
‘The man who had received the five talents promptly
went and traded with them and made five more. The
man who had received two made two more in the same
way. But the man who had received one went off and
dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
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Matthew 25:14-30(cont’d)
RERC 2-02a Image of God
The Parable of the Talents
‘Now a long time after, the master of those servants
came back and went through his accounts with them.
The man who had received the five talents came
forward bringing five more. “Sir,” he said “you
entrusted me with five talents; here are five more
that I have made.”
‘His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful
servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small
things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in
your master’s happiness.”
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Matthew 25:14-30(cont’d)
RERC 2-02a Image of God
The Parable of the Talents
‘Next the man with the two talents came forward. “Sir,”
he said “you entrusted me with two talents; here are two
more that I have made.” His master said to him, “Well
done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can
be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater;
come and join in your master’s happiness.”
‘Last came forward the man who had the one talent.
“Sir,” said he “I had heard you were a hard man, reaping
where you have not sown and gathering where you have
not scattered; so I was afraid, and I went off and hid
your talent in the ground. Here it is; it was yours, you
have it back.”
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Matthew 25:14-30(cont’d)
RERC 2-02a Image of God
The Parable of the Talents
But his master answered him, “You wicked and lazy
servant! So you knew that I reap where I have not sown
and gather where I have not scattered? Well then, you
should have deposited my money with the bankers, and
on my return I would have recovered my capital with
interest. So now, take the talent from him and give it to
the man who has the five talents. For to everyone who
has will be given more, and he will have more than
enough; but from the man who has not, even what he has
will be taken away. As for this good-for-nothing servant,
throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping
and grinding of teeth.”’
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Matthew 3:13-17
RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
Jesus is Baptised
Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to
be baptised by John. John tried to dissuade him. ‘It is
I who need baptism from you’ he said ‘and yet you come
to me!’ But Jesus replied, ‘Leave it like this for the time
being; it is fitting that we should, in this way, do all
that righteousness demands.’ At this, John gave in to
him.
As soon as Jesus was baptised he came up from the
water, and suddenly the heavens opened and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down
on him. And a voice spoke from heaven, ‘This is my Son,
the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’
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Matthew 11:25-27
RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
Jesus Thanks His Father
Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven
and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned
and the clever and revealing them to mere children.
Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.
Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father;
and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as
no one knows the Father except the Son and those to
whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
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Matthew 11:25-27
RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
The Transfiguration
Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother
John and led them up a high mountain where they could
be alone.
There in their presence he was transfigured: his face
shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as
the light. Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them;
they were talking with him.
Then Peter spoke to Jesus. ‘Lord,’ he said ‘it is
wonderful for us to be here; if you wish, I will make
three tents here, one for you, one for Moses and one
for Elijah.’
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Matthew 11:25-27(cont’d)
RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
The Transfiguration
He was still speaking when suddenly a bright cloud
covered them with shadow, and from the cloud there
came a voice which said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he
enjoys my favour. Listen to him.’
When they heard this the disciples fell on their faces
overcome with fear. But Jesus came up and touched
them. ‘Stand up,’ he said ‘do not be afraid.’ And when
they raised their eyes they saw no one but only Jesus.
As they came down from the mountain Jesus gave them
this order, ‘Tell no one about the vision until the Son of
Man has risen from the dead.’
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Matthew 6:7-15
RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
How to pray. The Lord’s prayer.
Jesus said to his disciples,
‘In your prayers do not babble
as the pagans do,
for they think that by using many words
they will make themselves heard.
Do not be like them;
your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
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Matthew 6:7-15
RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
How to pray. The Lord’s prayer.
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So you should pray like this:
‘Our Father in heaven,
may your name be held holy,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we have
forgiven those who are in debt to us.
And do not put us to the test,
but save us from the evil one.
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Matthew 6:7-15
RERC 2-04a Revealed Truth of God
How to pray. The Lord’s prayer.
‘Yes, if you forgive others their failings,
your heavenly Father will forgive you yours;
but if you do not forgive others,
your Father will not forgive your failings either.’
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Matthew 3:1-12
RERC 2-05a Son of God
John The Baptist: The Forerunner
In due course John the Baptist appeared; he preached
in the wilderness of Judaea and this was his message:
‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’
This was the man the prophet Isaiah spoke of when he
said:
A voice cries in the wilderness:
Prepare a way for the Lord,
make his paths straight.
This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair with
a leather belt round his waist, and his food was locusts
and wild honey.
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Matthew 3:1-12(cont’d)
RERC 2-05a Son of God
John The Baptist: The Forerunner
Then Jerusalem and all Judaea and the whole Jordan
district made their way to him, and as they were
baptised by him in the river Jordan
they confessed their sins.
But when he saw a number of Pharisees and Sadducees
coming for baptism he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers,
who warned you to fly from the retribution that is
coming? But if you are repentant, produce the
appropriate fruit, and do not presume to tell
yourselves, “We have Abraham for our father,”
because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham
from these stones.
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Matthew 3:1-12(cont’d)
RERC 2-05a Son of God
John The Baptist: The Forerunner
Even now the axe is laid to the roots of the trees, so
that any tree which fails to produce good fruit will be
cut down and thrown on the fire.
I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who
follows me is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit
to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy
Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will
clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into the
barn; but the chaff he will burn
in a fire that will never go out.’
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John 1: 29-34
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Jesus is the Chosen One of God
Seeing Jesus coming towards him, John said, ‘Look,
there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the
world. This is the one I spoke of when I said: A man is
coming after me who ranks before me because he
existed before me.
I did not know him myself, and yet it was to reveal him
to Israel that I came baptising with water.’
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John 1: 29-34
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Jesus is the Chosen One of God
John also declared, ‘I saw the Spirit coming down on
him from heaven like a dove and resting on him. I did
not know him myself, but he who sent me to baptise
with water had said to me, “The man on whom you see
the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is going to
baptise with the Holy Spirit.”
Yes, I have seen and I am the witness that he is the
Chosen One of God.’
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Exodus 12:1-14
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Passover in Egypt
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
‘This month is to be the first of all the others for you,
the first month of your year. Speak to the whole
community of Israel and say, “On the tenth day of this
month each man must take an animal from the flock, one
for each family: one animal for each household. If the
household is too small to eat the animal, a man must join
with his neighbour, the nearest to his house, as the
number of persons requires. You must take into account
what each can eat in deciding the number for the
animal.
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Exodus 12:1-14
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Passover in Egypt
It must be an animal without blemish, a male one year
old; you may take it from either sheep or goats. You
must keep it till the fourteenth day of the month when
the whole assembly of the community of Israel shall
slaughter it between the two evenings. Some of the
blood must then be taken and put on the two doorposts
and the lintel of the houses where it is eaten.
That night, the flesh is to be eaten, roasted over the
fire; it must be eaten with unleavened bread and bitter
herbs.
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Exodus 12:1-14
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Passover in Egypt
You shall eat it hastily: it is a passover in honour of the
Lord. That night, I will go through the land of Egypt and
strike down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, man
and beast alike, and I shall deal out punishment to all
the gods of Egypt, I am the Lord! The blood shall serve
to mark the houses that you live in. When I see the
blood I will pass over you and you shall escape the
destroying plague when I strike the land of Egypt. This
day is to be a day of remembrance for you, and you
must celebrate it as a feast in the Lord’s honour. For all
generations you are to declare it a day of festival,
for ever.”’
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Exodus 16:2-4.12-15
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Manna in the desert
The whole community of the sons of Israel began to
complain against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness and
said to them, ‘Why did we not die at the Lord’s hand in
the land of Egypt, when we were able to sit down to
pans of meat and could eat bread to our heart’s content!
As it is, you have brought us to this wilderness to
starve this whole company to death!’
Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Now I will rain down
bread for you from the heavens. Each day the people
are to go out and gather the day’s portion; I propose to
test them in this way to see whether they will follow my
law or not.
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Exodus 16:2-4.12-15
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Manna in the desert
‘I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel. Say
this to them, “Between the two evenings you shall eat
meat, and in the morning you shall have bread to your
heart’s content. Then you will learn that I, the Lord, am
your God.”’
And so it came about: quails flew up in the evening, and
they covered the camp; in the morning there was a
coating of dew all round the camp. When the coating of
dew lifted, there on the surface of the desert was a
thing delicate, powdery, as fine as hoarfrost on the
ground. When they saw this, the sons of Israel said to
one another, ‘What is that?’ not knowing what it was.
‘That’ said Moses to them ‘is the bread the Lord gives
you to eat.’
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Matthew 26: 17-30
RERC 2-05a Son of God
The Last Supper
When evening came he was at table with the twelve
disciples. And while they were eating he said ‘I tell you
solemnly, one of you is about to betray me’ They were
greatly distressed and started asking him in turn, ‘Not
I, Lord, surely?’ He answered, ‘Someone who has dipped
his hand into the dish with me, will betray me. The Son
of Man is going to his fate, as the scriptures say he will,
but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is
betrayed! Better for that man if he had never been
born!’ Judas, who was to betray him; asked in his turn,
‘Not I, Rabbi, surely?’ ‘They are your own words’
answered Jesus.
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Matthew 26: 17-30
RERC 2-05a Son of God
The Last Supper
Now as they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and
when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to
the disciples. ‘Take it and eat;’ he said ‘this is my body.’
Then he took a cup, and when he had returned thanks he
gave it to them. ‘Drink all of you from this,’ he said ‘for
this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, which is to
be poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
From now on, I tell you, I shall not drink wine until the
day I drink the new wine with
you in the kingdom of my Father.’
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Matthew 13: 4-9 & 13: 18-23
RERC 2-05a Son of God
The parable of the sower
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such
large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat
and sat there. The people all stood on the beach, and he
told them many things in parables.
He said, ‘Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed,
some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds
came and ate them up. Others fell on patches of rock
where they found little soil and sprang up straight away,
because there was no depth of earth; but as soon as the
sun came up they were scorched and, not having any
roots, they withered away.
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Matthew 13: 4-9 & 13: 18-23
RERC 2-05a Son of God
The parable of the sower
Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and
choked them. Others fell on rich soil and produced their
crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Listen, anyone who has ears!’
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without
understanding, the evil one comes and carries off what
was sown in his heart: this is the man who received the
seed on the edge of the path. The one who received it
on patches of rock is the man who hears the word and
welcomes it at once with joy.
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Matthew 13: 4-9 & 13: 18-23
RERC 2-05a Son of God
The parable of the sower
But he has no root in him, he does not last; let some
trial come, or some persecution on account of the word,
and he falls away at once.
The one who received the seed in thorns is the man who
hears the word, but the worries of this world and the
lure of riches choke the word and so he produces
nothing.
And the one who received the seed in rich soil is the
man who hears the word and understands it; he is the
one who yields a harvest and produces now a
hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.’
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Matthew 12: 9-14
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Healing on the Sabbath
He moved on from there and went to their synagogue,
and a man was there who had a withered hand. They
asked him, ‘Is it against the law to cure a man on the
sabbath day?’ hoping for something to use against him.
But he said to them, ‘If any one of you here had only
one sheep and it fell down a hole on the sabbath day,
would he not get hold of it and lift it out? Now a man is
far more important than a sheep, so it follows that it is
permitted to do good on the sabbath day. Then he said
to the man, ‘Stretch out you hand’. He stretched it out
and his hand was better, as sound as the other one.
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Matthew 9: 1-8
RERC 2-05a Son of God
The healing of the paralysed man
Jesus got in the boat, crossed the water and came to
his own town. Then some people appeared, bringing him a
paralytic stretched out on a bed.
Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Courage,
my child, your sins are forgiven.’ And at this some
scribes said to themselves, ‘This man is blaspheming.’
Knowing what was in their minds Jesus said, ‘Why do you
have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?
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Matthew 9: 1-8
RERC 2-05a Son of God
The healing of the paralysed man
Now, which of these is easier to say, “Your sins are
forgiven,” or to say, “Get up and walk”? But to prove to
you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to
forgive sins,’ – he said to the paralytic – ‘get up, and pick
up your bed and go off home.’
And the man got up and went home. A feeling of awe
came over the crowd when they saw this, and they
praised God for giving such power to men.
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Matthew 23: 1-12
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Jesus criticises the Pharisees
Addressing the people and his disciples Jesus said, ‘The
scribes and the Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses.
You must therefore do what they tell you and listen to
what they say; but do not be guided by what they do:
since they do not practise what they preach. They tie
up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but
will they lift a finger to move them? Not they!
Everything they do is done to attract attention, like
wearing broader phylacteries and longer tassels, like
wanting to take the place of honour at banquets and the
front seats in the synagogues, being greeted
obsequiously in the market squares and having people
call them Rabbi
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Matthew 23: 1-12
RERC 2-05a Son of God
Jesus criticises the Pharisees
‘You, however, must not allow yourselves to be called
Rabbi, since you have only one master, and you are all
brothers. You must call no one on earth your father,
since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor
must you allow yourselves to be called teachers, for you
have only one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among
you must be your servant. Anyone who exalts himself
will be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself will
exalted.’
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Matthew 21 :12-16
RERC 2-05a Son of God
The expulsion of the dealers from the Temple
Jesus then went into the Temple and drove out all those
who were selling and buying there; he upset the tables
of the money changers and the chairs of those who
were selling pigeons. ‘According to scripture’ he said
‘my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are
turning it into a robbers’ den. There were also blind and
lame people who came to him in the Temple , and he
cured them. At the sight of the wonderful things he
did and of the children shouting, ‘Hosanna to the Son of
David’ in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes
were indignant.
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Matthew 6:7-15
RERC 2-06b Son of God
How to pray. The Lord’s prayer.
Jesus said to his disciples,
‘In your prayers do not babble
as the pagans do,
for they think that by using many words
they will make themselves heard.
Do not be like them;
your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
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Matthew 6:7-15
RERC 2-06b Son of God
How to pray. The Lord’s prayer.
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So you should pray like this:
‘Our Father in heaven,
may your name be held holy,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we have
forgiven those who are in debt to us.
And do not put us to the test,
but save us from the evil one.
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Matthew 6:7-15
RERC 2-06b Son of God
How to pray. The Lord’s prayer.
‘Yes, if you forgive others their failings,
your heavenly Father will forgive you yours;
but if you do not forgive others,
your Father will not forgive your failings either.’
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RERC 2-06b Son of God
Matthew 7: 7-12
Effective prayer
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Ask, and it will be given to
you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will
be opened to you. For the one who asks always receives;
the one who searches always finds; the one who knocks
will always have the door opened to him. Is there a man
among you who would hand his son a stone when he
asked for bread? Or would hand him a snake when he
asked for a fish? If you, then, who are evil, know how
to give your children what is good, how much more will
your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask
him!
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Matthew 6: 25-34
RERC 2-06b Son of God
Trust in providence
‘That is why I am telling you not to worry about your
life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and
how you are to clothe it. Surely life means more than
food, and the body more than clothing! Look at the
birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are we
not worth much more than they are? Can any of you,
for all his worrying, add one single cubit to his span of
life? And why worry about clothing? Think of the
flowers growing in the fields; they never have to work
or spin; yet I assure you that not even Solomon in all his
regalia was robed like one of these.
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Matthew 6: 25-24
RERC 2-06b Son of God
Trust in providence
Now if that is how God clothes the grass in the field
which is there today and thrown into the furnace
tomorrow, will he not much more look after you, you
men of little faith? So do not worry; do not say, “What
are we to eat? What are we to drink? How are we to be
clothed?” It is the pagans who set their hearts on all
these things. Your heavenly Father knows you need
them all. Set your hearts on his kingdom first, and on
his righteousness, and all these other things will be
given you as well. So do not worry about tomorrow:
tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough
trouble of its own.’
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Matthew 18: 19-20
RERC 2-06b Son of God
Where two or three are gathered
‘I tell you solemnly once again, if two of you on earth
agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by
my Father in heaven. For where two or three meet in
my name, I shall be there with them.’
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RERC 2-06b Son of God
Matthew 6: 16‐18
Fasting in secret
When you fast do not put on a gloomy look as the
hypocrites do: they pull long faces to let men know that
they are fasting. I tell you solemnly, they have had
their reward. But when you fast, put oil on your head
and wash your face, so that no one will know that you
are fasting except your Father who sees all that is
done in secret; and your Father who sees all that is
done in secret will reward you.
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Matthew 6: 1‐4
RERC 2-06b Son of God
Almsgiving in secret
Be careful not to parade your good deeds before men
to attract their notice; by doing this you will lose all
reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give
alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what
the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets
to win men’s admiration. I tell you solemnly, they have
had their reward.
But when you give alms, your left hand must not know
what your right hand is doing; your almsgiving must be
in secret, and your Father who sees all that is done is
secret will reward you.
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Matthew 4: 18-22
RERC 2-06b Son of God
The call of the first four disciples
As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw
two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his
brother Andrew; they were making a cast in the lake
with their net, for they were fishermen. And he said to
them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.’
And they left their nets at once and followed him.
Going on from there he saw another pair of brothers,
James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they were
in their boat with their father Zebedee, mending their
nets, and he called them. At once, leaving the boat and
their father, they followed him.
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Matthew 9: 9-10
RERC 2-06b Son of God
The call of the Matthew
As Jesus was walking on he saw a man named Matthew
sitting by the customs house, and he said to him, ‘Follow
me.’
And he got up and follow him.
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Matthew 19: 16-20
RERC 2-06b Son of God
The rich young man
There was a man who came to Jesus and asked, ‘Master,
what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?’
Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you ask me about what is
good? There is one alone who is good. But if you wish to
enter into life, keep the commandments.’
He said, ‘Which?’ ‘These:’ Jesus replied ‘You must not
kill. You must not commit adultery. You must not bring
false witness. Honour your father and mother, and: you
must love your neighbour as yourself.’
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Matthew 19: 16-20
RERC 2-06b Son of God
The rich young man
The young man said to him, ‘I have kept all these. What
more do I need to do?’ Jesus said, ‘If you wish to be
perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to
the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then
come, follow me.’
But when the young man heard these words he went
away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.
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Matthew 13: 4-9 & 13: 18-23
RERC 2-06b Son of God
The parable of the sower
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such
large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat
and sat there. The people all stood on the beach, and he
told them many things in parables.
He said, ‘Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed,
some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds
came and ate them up. Others fell on patches of rock
where they found little soil and sprang up straight away,
because there was no depth of earth; but as soon as the
sun came up they were scorched and, not having any
roots, they withered away.
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Matthew 26: 17-30
RERC 2-06b Son of God
The parable of the sower
Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and
choked them. Others fell on rich soil and produced their
crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Listen, anyone who has ears!’
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without
understanding, the evil one comes and carries off what
was sown in his heart: this is the man who received the
seed on the edge of the path. The one who received it
on patches of rock is the man who hears the word and
welcomes it at once with joy.
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Matthew 26: 17-30
RERC 2-06b Son of God
The parable of the sower
But he has no root in him, he does not last; let some
trial come, or some persecution on account of the word,
and he falls away at once.
The one who received the seed in thorns is the man who
hears the word, but the worries of this world and the
lure of riches choke the word and so he produces
nothing.
And the one who received the seed in rich soil is the
man who hears the word and understands it; he is the
one who yields a harvest and produces now a
hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.’
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Matthew 28: 9-10
RERC 2-07a Son of God
Falling before the risen Christ: the Resurrection
Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly
away from the tomb and ran to tell the disciples.
And there, coming to meet them, was Jesus.
‘Greetings,’ he said. And the women came up to him and,
falling down before him, clasped his feet. The Jesus
said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers
that they must leave for Galilee; they will see me there.
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Matthew 28: 16-20
RERC 2-07a Son of God
Falling before the risen Christ: the Ascension
The eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain
where Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they
saw him they fell down before him, though some
hesitated. Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said,
‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to
me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations;
baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all
the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you
always; yes, to the end of time.’
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Luke 4: 16-22
RERC 2-09a Signs of God
Jesus at Nazareth
(Confirmation)
Jesus came to Nazara, where he had been brought up,
and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day as he
usually did. He stood up to read and they handed him
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he
found the place where it is written:
The spirit of the Lord has been given to me,
for he has anointed me.
He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor,
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Luke 4: 16-22 (cont’d)
RERC 2-09a Signs of God
Jesus at Nazareth
(Confirmation)
to proclaim liberty to captives
and to the blind new sight,
to set the downtrodden free,
to proclaim the Lord’s year of favour.
He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the
assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue
were fixed on him. Then he began to speak to them,
‘This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen.’
And he won the approval of all, and they were
astonished by the gracious words that came from his
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lips.
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John 14: 25-26
RERC 2-09a Signs of God
The promise of the Holy Spirit at the Last Supper
(Confirmation)
I have said these things to you
while still with you;
but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I have said to you.
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Acts 1: 3,5,8
RERC 2-09a Signs of God
The promise of the Holy Spirit at the Ascension
When he had been at table with them, he had told them
not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the
Father had promised. ‘It is’ he had said ‘what you have
heard me speak about: John baptised with water but
you, not many days from now,
will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’
Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the
time come? Are you going to restore the kingdom to
Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know times or
dates that the Father has decided by his own authority,
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes
on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in
Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and
indeed to the ends of the earth.’
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Acts 1: 12-14
RERC 2-09a Signs of God
The disciples prayerfully await the Holy Spirit
(Confirmation)
After Jesus was taken up into heaven the apostles went
back from the Mount of Olives, as it is called, to
Jerusalem, a short distance away, no more than a
sabbath walk; and when they reached the city they went
to the upper room where they were staying; there were
Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas,
Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and
Simon the Zealot, and Jude son of James. All these
joined in continuous prayer, together with several
women, including Mary the mother of Jesus,
and with his brothers.
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Acts 2: 1-4
RERC 2-09a Signs of God
The disciples prayerfully await the
Holy Spirit at Pentecost
(Confirmation)
When Pentecost day came round, they had all met in one
room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a
powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the
entire house in which they were sitting; and something
appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire;
these separated and came to rest on the head of each
of them.
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to
speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift
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of speech.
Isaiah 11: 1-5
RERC 2-09a Signs of God
Gifts of the Spirit
(Confirmation)
A shoot springs from the stock of Jesse,
a scion thrusts from his roots:
on him the spirit of the Lord rests,
a spirit of wisdom and insight,
a spirit of counsel and power,
a spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
(The fear of the Lord is his breath.)
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Galatians 5: 22-23
RERC 2-09a Signs of God
Fruits of the Spirit
(Confirmation)
What the Spirit brings is very different: love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness,
gentleness and self-control. There can be no law against
things like that, of course. You cannot belong to Christ
Jesus unless you crucify all
self-indulgent passions and desires.
Since the Spirit is our life, let us be directed by the
Spirit.
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RERC 2-11a Word of God
Since one of the skills of core learning is I can locate
scriptural references using chapter and verse, please
refer to the bible for the Word of God quotes.
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John 2: 1-12
RERC 2-15a Hours of God
The wedding at Cana
There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of
Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also
been invited. When they ran out of wine, since the wine
provided for the wedding was all finished, the mother
of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ Jesus said
‘Woman, why turn to me? My hour has not come yet.’ His
mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’
There were six stone water jars standing there, meant
for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews:
each could hold twenty or thirty gallons.
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John 2: 1-12 (cont’d)
RERC 2-15a Hours of God
The wedding at Cana
Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water’, and
they filled them to the brim. ‘Draw some out now’ he
told them ‘and take it to the steward.’ They did this;
the steward tasted the water, and it had turned into
wine. Having no idea where it came from – only the
servants who had drawn the water knew – the steward
called the bridegroom and said; ‘People generally serve
the best wine first, and keep the cheaper sort till the
guests have had plenty to drink; but you have kept the
best wine till now.’
This was the first of the signs given by Jesus: it was
given at Cana in Galilee. He let his glory be seen, and his
disciples believed in him.
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Matthew 5: 13-16
RERC 2-19a Hours of God
Salt of the earth, light of the world
Jesus said to his disciples, ‘You are the salt of the
earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, what can make it
salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be
thrown out to be trampled underfoot by men.
‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill-top
cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp to put it under a
tub; they put it on the lamp-stand where it shines for
everyone in the house. In the same way your light must
shine in the sight of men, so that, seeing your good
works, they may give the praise to your Father in
heaven.’
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Matthew 13
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
The parable of the sower
See slides 73-75
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Matthew 13: 24-30 and 36-43
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
The parable of the darnel
Jesus put a parable before the crowds, ‘The kingdom of
heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed
in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came,
sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When
the new wheat sprouted and ripened, the darnel
appeared as well. The owner’s servants went to him and
said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your
field? If so, where does the darnel come from?” “Some
enemy has done this” he answered. And the servants
said, “Do you want us to go and weed it out?”
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Matthew 13: 24-30 and 36-43
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
The parable of the darnel
But he said, “No, because when you weed out the darnel
you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow
till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the
reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to
be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn.”’
Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his
disciples came to him and said, ‘Explain the parable
about the darnel in the field to us.’ He said in reply,
‘The sower of the good seed is the Son of Man.
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Matthew 13: 24-30 and 36-43
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
The parable of the darnel
The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of
the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the evil one;
the enemy who sowed them, the devil; the harvest is the
end of the world; the reapers are the angels. Well then,
just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire,
so it will be at the end of time. The Son of Man will
send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom
all things that provoke offences and all who do evil, and
throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will
be weeping and grinding of teeth. Then the virtuous will
shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Listen,
anyone who has ears!’
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Matthew 13: 31-32
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
The parable of the mustard seed
He put another parable before them, ‘The kingdom of
heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and
sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all the seeds,
but when it has grown it is the biggest shrub of all and
becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and
shelter in its branches.’
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Matthew 13: 33
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
The parable of the yeast
He told them another parable, ‘The kingdom of heaven
is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three
measures of flour till it was leavened all through.’
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Matthew 13: 44-46
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
The parables of the treasure and the pearl
Jesus said to the crowds, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like
treasure hidden in a field which someone has found; he
hides it again, goes off happy, sells everything he owns
and buys the field.
‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking
for fine pearls; when he finds one of great value he
goes and sells everything he owns and buys it.
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Matthew 13: 47-52
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
The parable of the dragnet and conclusion
‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into
the sea that brings in a haul of all kinds. When it is full,
the fishermen haul it ashore; then, sitting down, they
collect the good ones in a basket and throw away those
that are no use. This is how it will be at the end of time:
the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the
just to throw them into the blazing furnace where
there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
‘Have you understood all this?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ And he
said to them, ‘Well then, every scribe who becomes a
disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a householder
who brings out from his storeroom things both new and
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old.’
1 Corinthians 13: 4-13
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
Paul’s hymn to love
Be ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am going to
show you a way that is better than any of them.
Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous; love
is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or
selfish; it does not take offence, and is not resentful.
Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but
delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to
trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.
Love does not come to an end. But if there are gifts of
prophecy, the time will come when they must fail; or the
gift of languages, it will not continue for ever; and
knowledge – for this, too, the time will come when it
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must fail.
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1 Corinthians 13: 4-13
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
Paul’s hymn to love
For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophesying is
imperfect; but once perfection comes, all imperfect
things will disappear. When I was a child, I used to talk
like a child, and think like a child, and argue like a child,
but now I am a man, all childish ways are put behind me.
Now we are seeing a dim reflection in a mirror; but then
we shall be seeing face to face. The knowledge that I
have now is imperfect; but then I
shall know as fully as I am known.
In short, there are three things that last: faith, hope
and love; and the greatest of these is love.
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John 3: 17‐18
RERC 2-20a Reign of God
Real and active love
If a man who was rich enough in this world’s goods
saw that one of his brothers was in need,
but closed his heart to him,
how could the love of God be living in him?
My children,
our love is not to be just words or mere talk,
but something real and active;
only by this can we be certain
that we are children of the truth.
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Matthew 25: 31-40
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The last judgement
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘When the Son of Man comes
in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take
his seat on his throne of glory. All the nations will be
assembled before him and he will separate men one
from another as the shepherd separates sheep from
goats. He will place the sheep on his right hand and the
goats on his left.
‘Then the King will say to those on his right hand, “Come,
you whom my Father has blessed, take for your heritage
the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of
the world.
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Matthew 25: 31-40
RERC 2-21a Reign of God
The last judgement
For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty
and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you made
me welcome; naked and you clothed me, sick and you
visited me, in prison and you came to see me.”
Then the virtuous will say to him in reply, “Lord, when
did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give
you drink? When did we see you a stranger and make
you welcome; naked and clothe you; sick or in prison and
go to see you?” And the King will answer, “I tell you
solemnly, in so far as you did this to one of the least of
these brothers of mine, you did it to me.”
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Matthew 5: 1-12
RERC 2-21a Reign of God
The Beatitudes
Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat
down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to
speak. This is what he taught them:
‘How happy are the poor in spirit;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy the gentle:
they shall have the earth for their heritage.
Happy those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right:
they shall be satisfied.
Happy the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
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Matthew 5: 1-12
RERC 2-21a Reign of God
The Beatitudes
Happy the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Happy the peacemakers:
they shall be called sons of God.
Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right:
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you
and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my
account.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven.’
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Luke 23: 34-35
RERC 2-22a Reign of God
Jesus forgives from the cross
When they reached the place called The Skull, they
crucified him there and the two criminals also, one on
the right, the other on the left. Jesus said, ‘Father,
forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.’
Then they cast lots to share out his clothing.
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