Brothers and sisters: We hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.
Jesus said to his disciples: “Hear the parable of the sower.
R/ (see 10d) The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.
Return, rebellious children, says the Lord,/ for I am your Master;/ I will take you, one from a city, two from a clan,/ and bring you to Zion./ I will appoint over you shepherds after my own heart,/ who will shepherd you wisely and prudently./ When you multiply and become fruitful in the land,/ says the Lord,/ They will in those days no longer say,/ “The ark of the covenant of the Lord!”/ They will no longer think of it, or remember it,/ or miss it, or make another.
The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Why do you speak to the crowd in parables?” He said to them in reply, “Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted.
This word of the Lord came to me: Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear!
On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
Brothers and sisters: The love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died.
