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12May
Sunday | 02:25

Lectionary Theme: Holy Spirit, one among the Trinity

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    1. The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.

    2. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry.

    3. He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”

    4. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

    5. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.

    6. I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

    7. So I prophesied as I had been commanded; and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

    8. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them.

    9. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.”

    10. I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.

    11. Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’

    12. Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

    13. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people.

    14. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act, says the Lord.” The Two Sticks

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    6. So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?”

    7. He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

    8. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

    9. When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

    10. While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them.

    11. They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

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    16. Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

    17. For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.

    18. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law.

    19. Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness,

    20. idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions,

    21. envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. The Fruit of the Spirit

    22. By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

    23. gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

    24. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

    25. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.

    26. Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.

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    14. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it. The Promise of the Holy Spirit

    15. “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

    16. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.

    17. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.

    18. “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.

    19. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.

    20. On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

    21. They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”