{"id":11563,"date":"2024-01-22T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T12:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/?page_id=11563"},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:44:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:44:45","slug":"march-24-sunday-readings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/","title":{"rendered":"March 24 Sunday Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png\" alt=\"Scripture\" class=\"wp-image-440\" style=\"width:219px;height:88px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6.png 761w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/coloured-glass-menu-x5a6-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">March 2024 Sunday Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-1024x186.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" style=\"width:1020px;height:185px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-1024x186.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1-768x140.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/glass-1.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scripture<\/strong> <strong>Readings for Sundays in March 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays of the Year. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Select Month:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/january-24-sunday-readings\/\">January<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/february-24-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>February<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>March<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/april-24-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>April<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/may-24-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>May<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/june-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>June<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/july-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>July<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/august-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>August<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/september-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>September<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/october-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>October<\/strong><\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/november-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>November<\/strong><\/a>  \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/december-2024-sunday-readings\/\"><strong>December<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2b323dea40c506df93f10ef09a40a868\"><strong>Sunday Mass Readings for<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-09d211db6f6ab1ae2257a3c50774be6b\"><strong>March 2024&nbsp; &#8211; Year B<br>Season of Lent, Holy Week and Easter<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/#3rdLent\">Sunday 3rd March 2024 &#8211; 3rd Sunday of Lent<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/#4thLent\">Sunday 10th March 2024 &#8211; 4th Sunday of Lent<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/#5thLent\">Sunday 17th March 2024 &#8211; 5th Sunday of Lent<\/a><br><br>\nHOLY WEEK<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/#Palm\">Sunday 24th March 2024 &#8211; PALM SUNDAY<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/#Maundy\">Thursday 28th March 2024 &#8211; Maundy Thursday<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/#Good\">Friday 29th March 2024 &#8211; GOOD FRIDAY<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/#Vigil\">Saturday Evening 30th March 2024 &#8211; Easter Vigil<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/index.php\/march-24-sunday-readings\/#Easter\">Sunday 31st March 2024 &#8211; EASTER SUNDAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"3rdLent\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <b> Sunday 3rd March 2024 &#8211; 3rd Sunday of Lent<\/p> <\/b>\n\n<p><img src='https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lent-2024.png' alt='Lent' class='wp-image-10647' style='width:160px'\/><\/p>  \n\n <p> <b> A reading from the Book of Exodus 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17 <\/b> <BR> \n\n <i> The Law was given through Moses. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p> God spoke all these words. He said, \u201cI am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. <\/p> \n\n <ul> \u201cYou shall have no gods except me. <BR> \n \u201cYou shall not utter the name of the Lord your God to misuse it, for the Lord will not leave unpunished the man who utters his name to misuse it. <BR> \n \u201cHonour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God has given to you. <BR> \n \u201cYou shall not kill. <BR> \n You shall not commit adultery. <BR> \n You shall not steal. <BR> \n \u201cYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. <BR> \n \u201cYou shall not covet your neighbour\u2019s house. You shall not covet your neighbour\u2019s wife, or his servant, man or woman, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is his.\u201d <\/ul> \n\n<p> <b> \n Psalm: 18:8-11 <BR> <\/b> \n\n The law of the Lord is perfect, <BR> \n it revives the soul. <BR> \n The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, <BR> \n it gives wisdom to the simple. <\/p> \n\n The precepts of the Lord are right, <BR> \n they gladden the heart. <BR> \n The command of the Lord is clear, <BR> \n it gives light to the eyes. <\/p> \n\n The fear of the Lord is holy, <BR> \n abiding for ever. <BR> \n The decrees of the Lord are truth <BR> \n and all of them just. <\/p> \n\n They are more to be desired than gold, <BR> \n than the purest of gold <BR> \n and sweeter are they than honey, <BR> \n than honey from the comb. <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 1:22-25 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> Here we are preaching a crucified Christ, an obstacle to men, but to those who are called, the wisdom of God. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> While the Jews demand miracles and the Greeks look for wisdom, here are we preaching a crucified Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans madness, but to those who have been called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God\u2019s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God\u2019s weakness is stronger than human strength.<\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St John 2:13-25 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> Destroy this sanctuary, and in three day I will raise it up. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting at their counters there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money-changers\u2019 coins, knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, \u201cTake all this out of here and stop turning my Father\u2019s house into a market.\u201d Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The Jews intervened and said, \u201cWhat sign can you show us to justify what you have done?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cDestroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.\u201d The Jews replied, \u201cIt has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary: are you going to raise it up in three days?\u201d But he was speaking of the sanctuary that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words he had said. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> During his stay in Jerusalem for the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he gave, but Jesus knew them all and did not trust himself to them; he never needed evidence about any man; he could tell what a man had in him. <\/p><br>\n\n\n<p id=\"4thLent\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n\n <p><b> Sunday 10th March &#8211; 4th Sunday of Lent <\/b><\/p>\n\n<p><img src='https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lent-2024.png' alt='Lent' class='wp-image-10647' style='width:160px'\/><\/p>  \n\n <ul> <li>  <i>The 4th Sunday of Lent is also called Laetare Sunday, or Rejoice Sunday <BR> \n pronounced lae\u032f\u02c8ta\u02d0re \/ lay-tar-a <\/i> <\/li> <\/ul> \n\n <b> \n <p> A reading from the Second Book of Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 <\/b> <BR> \n\n <i> The wrath and mercy of God are revealed in the exile and in the release of his people. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> All the heads of the priesthood, and the people too, added infidelity to infidelity, copying all the shameful practices of the nations and defiling the Temple that the Lord had consecrated for himself in Jerusalem. The Lord, the God of their ancestors, tirelessly sent them messenger after messenger, since he wished to spare his people and his house. But they ridiculed the messengers of God, they despised his words, they laughed at his prophets, until at last the wrath of the Lord rose so high against his people that there was no further remedy. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Their enemies burned down the Temple of God, demolished the walls of Jerusalem, set fire to all its palaces, and destroyed everything of value in it. The survivors were deported by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon; they were to serve him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power. This is how the word of the Lord was fulfilled that he spoke through Jeremiah, \u201cUntil this land has enjoyed its sabbath rest, until seventy years have gone by, it will keep sabbath throughout the days of its desolation.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfil the word of the Lord that was spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord roused the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to issue a proclamation and to have it publicly displayed throughout his kingdom: \u201cThus speaks Cyrus king of Persia, \u2018The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; he has ordered me to build him a Temple in Jerusalem, in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him! Let him go up.\u2019\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n Psalm: 136(137):1-6 <BR> <\/b> \n\n By the rivers of Babylon <BR> \n there we sat and wept, <BR> \n remembering Zion; <BR> \n on the poplars that grew there <BR> \n we hung up our harps. <\/p> \n\n <p> For it was there that they asked us, <BR> \n our captors, for songs, <BR> \n our oppressors, for joy. <BR> \n \u2018Sing to us,\u2019 they said, <BR> \n \u2018one of Zion\u2019s songs.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n <p> O how could we sing <BR> \n the song of the Lord <BR> \n on alien soil? <BR> \n If I forget you, Jerusalem, <BR> \n let my right hand wither! <\/p> \n\n <p> O let my tongue <BR> \n cleave to my mouth <BR> \n if I remember you not, <BR> \n if I prize not Jerusalem <BR> \n above all my joys! <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Ephesians 2:4-10 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> You who were dead through your sins have been saved through grace. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> God loved us with so much love that he was generous with his mercy: when we were dead through our sins, he brought us to life with Christ \u2013 it is through grace that you have been saved \u2013 and raised us up with him and gave us a place with him in heaven, in Christ Jesus. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> This was to show for all ages to come, through his goodness towards us in Christ Jesus, how infinitely rich he is in grace. Because it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith; not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God; not by anything that you have done, so that nobody can claim the credit. We are God\u2019s work of art, created in Christ Jesus to live the good life as from the beginning he had meant us to live it. <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St John 3:14-21 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> God sent his Son so that through him the world might be saved. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n Jesus said to Nicodemus: \n\n <ul> \u201cThe Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, <BR> \n so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. <BR> \n Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, <BR> \n so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost <BR> \n but may have eternal life. <BR> \n For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, <BR> \n but so that through him the world might be saved. <BR> \n No one who believes in him will be condemned; <BR> \n but whoever refuses to believe is condemned already, <BR> \n because he has refused to believe in the name of God\u2019s only Son. <BR> \n On these grounds is sentence pronounced: <BR> \n that though the light has come into the world <BR> \n men have shown they prefer darkness to the light <BR> \n because their deeds were evil. <BR> \n And indeed, everybody who does wrong <BR> \n hates the light and avoids it, for fear his actions should be exposed; <BR> \n but the man who lives by the truth comes out into the light, <BR> \n so that it may be plainly seen that what he does is done in God.\u201d <\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"5thLent\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n\n <p\/><b>Sunday 17th March &#8211; 5ht Sunday of Lent <\/b><\/p> \n\n<p><img src='https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lent-2024.png' alt='Lent' class='wp-image-10647' style='width:160px'\/><\/p>  \n\n <p> <b> A reading from the Prophet Jeremiah 31:31-34 <\/b> <BR> \n\n <i> I will make a new covenant and never call their sin to mind. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> See, the days are coming \u2013 it is the Lord who speaks \u2013 when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel (and the House of Judah), but not a covenant like the one I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant of mine, so I had to show them who was master. It is the Lord who speaks. No, this is the covenant I will make with the House of Israel when those days arrive \u2013 it is the Lord who speaks. Deep within them I will plant my Law, writing it on their hearts. Then I will be their God and they shall be my people. There will be no further need for neighbour to try to teach neighbour, or brother to say to brother, \u201cLearn to know the Lord!\u201d No, they will all know me, the least no less than the greatest \u2013 it is the Lord who speaks \u2013 since I will forgive their iniquity and never call their sin to mind. <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n Psalm: 50(51):3-4, 12-15 <BR> <\/b> \n\n Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness. <BR> \n In your compassion blot out my offence. <BR> \n O wash me more and more from my guilt <BR> \n and cleanse me from my sin. <\/p> \n\n <p> A pure heart create for me, O God, <BR> \n put a steadfast spirit within me. <BR> \n Do not cast me away from your presence, <BR> \n nor deprive me of your holy spirit. <\/p> \n\n <p> Give me again the joy of your help; <BR> \n with a spirit of fervour sustain me, <BR> \n that I may teach transgressors your ways <BR> \n and sinners may return to you. <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews 5:7-9 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> He learnt to obey and became for all the source of eternal salvation. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> During his life on earth, Christ offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard. Although he was Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation. <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St John 12:20-33 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it yields a rich harvest. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. These approached Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, \u201cSir, we should like to see Jesus.\u201d Philip went to tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus. Jesus replied to them: <\/p> \n\n <ul> \u201cNow the hour has come <BR> \n for the Son of Man to be glorified. <BR> \n I tell you, most solemnly, <BR> \n unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies, <BR> \n it remains only a single grain; <BR> \n but if it dies, <BR> \n it yields a rich harvest. <BR> \n Anyone who loves his life loses it; <BR> \n anyone who hates his life in this world <BR> \n will keep it for the eternal life. <BR> \n If a man serves me, he must follow me, <BR> \n wherever I am, my servant will be there too. <BR> \n If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him. <BR> \n Now my soul is troubled. <BR> \n What shall I say: <BR> \n Father, save me from this hour? <BR> \n But it was for this very reason that I have come to this hour. <BR> \n Father, glorify your name!\u201d <\/ul>  \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> A voice came from heaven, \u201cI have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.\u201d People standing by, who heard this, said it was a clap of thunder; others said, \u201cIt was an angel speaking to him.\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cIt was not for my sake that this voice came, but for yours. <\/p> \n\n <ul> \u201cNow sentence is being passed on this world; <BR> \n now the prince of this world is to be overthrown. <BR> \n And when I am lifted up from the earth, <BR> \n I shall draw all men to myself.\u201d <BR> \n By these words he indicated the kind of death he would die. <\/ul>\n\n\n<p id=\"Palm\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n<ul> <li> <i> <b> Holy Week 2024 <\/b> <BR> \n During Holy Week and Easter weekend there are special scripture readings for: <BR> <BR> \n\n <b> 24th March: Passion Sunday <\/b> <BR> \n <ul> <ul> <li> Commemoration of the Lord\u2019s Entrance into Jerusalem <\/li> <\/ul> <\/ul> \n\n <b> 28th March: Maunday Thursday <\/b> <BR> \n <ul> <ul> <li> Commemoration of the Lord\u2019s Supper <\/li> <\/ul> <\/ul> \n\n <b> 29th March: Good Friday <\/b> <BR> \n <ul> <ul> <li> Celebration of the Lord\u2019s Passion <\/li> <\/ul> <\/ul> \n\n <b> 30th March: Holy Saturday evening Easter Vigil <\/b> <BR> \n <ul> <ul> <li> Celebation of the Lord\u2019s Resurrection <\/li> <\/ul> <\/ul> \n\n <b> 31st March: Easter Sunday <\/b> <BR>  \n <ul> <ul> <li> Celebation of the Lord\u2019s Resurrection <\/li> <\/ul> <\/ul> <\/i> <\/li> <\/ul> \n\n <p><b> Sunday 24th March &#8211; PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD<\/b> <\/p> \n\n<p><img src='https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Palm-Sunday-2024.png' alt='Palm Sunday' class='wp-image-10728' style='width:160px'\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n <b> \n <p>  A reading from the Prophet Isaiah 50:4-7 <\/b> <BR> \n\n <i> I did not cover my face against insult: I know I shall not be shamed <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <ul> The Lord has given me <BR> \n a disciple\u2019s tongue. <BR> \n So that I may know how to reply to the wearied <BR> \n he provides me with speech. <BR> \n Each morning he wakes me to hear, <BR> \n to listen like a disciple. <BR> \n The Lord has opened my ear. <BR> \n For my part, I made no resistance, <BR> \n neither did I turn away. <BR> \n I offered my back to those who struck me, <BR> \n my cheeks to those who tore at my beard; <BR> \n I did not cover my face <BR> \n against insult and spittle. <BR> \n The Lord comes to my help, <BR> \n so that I am untouched by the insults. <BR> \n So, too, I set my face like flint; <BR> \n I know I shall not be shamed. <\/ul> \n\n <b> \n <p> Psalm 21:8-9, 17-20, 24-24 <BR> <\/b> \n\n My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? <BR> \n All who see me deride me. <BR> \n They curl their lips, they toss their heads. <BR> \n \u2018He trusted in the Lord, let him save him; <BR> \n let him release him if this is his friend.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n <p> Many dogs have surrounded me, <BR> \n a band of the wicked beset me. <BR> \n They tear holes in my hands and my feet <BR> \n I can count every one of my bones. <\/p> \n\n <p> They divide my clothing among them. <BR> \n They cast lots for my robe. <BR> \n O Lord, do not leave me alone, <BR> \n my strength, make haste to help me! <\/p> \n\n <p> I will tell of your name to my brethren <BR> \n and praise you where they are assembled. <BR> \n \u2018You who fear the Lord give him praise; <BR> \n all sons of Jacob, give him glory. <BR> \n Revere him, Israel\u2019s sons. <\/p>  \n\n <\/p> <b> \n A reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Philippians 2:6-11 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> Christ humbled himself but God raised him high <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <ul> His state was divine, <BR> \n yet Christ Jesus did not cling <BR> \n to his equality with God <BR> \n but emptied himself <BR> \n to assume the condition of a slave <BR> \n and became as men are; <BR> \n and being as all men are, <BR> \n he was humbler yet, <BR> \n even to accepting death, <BR> \n death on a cross. <BR> \n But God raised him high <BR> \n and gave him the name <BR> \n which is above all other names <BR> \n so that all beings <BR> \n in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, <BR> \n should bend the knee at the name of Jesus <BR> \n and that every tongue should acclaim <BR> \n Jesus Christ as Lord, <BR> \n to the glory of God the Father. <\/ul>  \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St Mark 15:1-39 <\/b> <i>   (Shorter Form) <BR>  \n\n The passion of our Lord Jesus Christ <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> First thing in the morning, the chief priests together with the elders and scribes, in short the whole Sanhedrin, had their plan ready. They had Jesus bound and took him away and handed him over to Pilate. Pilate questioned him, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d \u201cIt is you who say it,\u201d he answered. And the chief priests brought many accusations against him. Pilate questioned him again, \u201cHave you no reply at all? See how many accusations they are bringing against you!\u201d But, to Pilate&#8217;s amazement, Jesus made no further reply. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> At festival time Pilate used to release a prisoner for them, anyone they asked for. Now a man called Barabbas was then in prison with the rioters who had committed murder during the uprising. When the crowd went up and began to ask Pilate the customary favour, Pilate answered them, \u201cDo you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?\u201d For he realized it was out of jealousy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over. he chief priests, however, had incited the crowd to demand that he should release Barabbas for them instead. Then Pilate spoke again. \u201cBut in that case,\u201d he said to them, \u201cwhat am I to do with the man you call king of the Jews?\u201d They shouted back, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d \u201cWhy?\u201d Pilate asked them. \u201cWhat harm has he done?\u201d But they shouted all the louder, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d So Pilate, anxious to placate the crowd, released Barabbas for them and, having ordered Jesus to be scourged, handed him over to be crucified. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> The soldiers led him away to the inner part of the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and called the whole cohort together. They dressed him up in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on him. And they began saluting him, \u201cHail, king of the Jews!\u201d They struck his head with a reed and spat on him: and they went down on their knees to do him homage. And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the purple and dressed him in his own clothes. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> They led him out to crucify him. They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, a who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it. Then they crucified him, and shared out his clothing, casting lots to decide what each should get. It was the third hour when they crucified him. The inscription giving the charge against him read: \u201cThe King of the Jews.\u201d And they crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> The passers-by jeered at him; they shook their heads and said, \u201cAha! So you would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days! \u00b7Then save yourself: come down from the cross!\u201d The chief priests and the scribes mocked him among themselves in the same way. \u201cHe saved others,\u201d they said, \u201che cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, for us to see it and believe.\u201d Even those who were crucified with him taunted him. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> When the sixth hour came there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, \u201cEioi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?\u201d which means, \u201cMy God, my God, why have you deserted me?\u201d When some of those who stood by heard this, they said, \u201cListen, he is calling on Elijah.\u201d Someone ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar and, putting it on a reed, gave it him to drink saying, \u201cWait and see if Elijah will come to take him down.\u201d But Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. And the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The centurion, who was standing in front of him, had seen how he had died, and he said, \u201cIn truth this man was a son of God.\u201d <\/p><br>\n\n\n<p id=\"Maundy\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b> Thursday 28th March &#8211; Maundy Thursday<\/b><\/p> \n\n<p><img src='https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Maundy-Thursday-2024-855x1024.png' alt='Maundy Thursday' class='wp-image-10725' style='width:160px'\/><\/p>\n\n<p> A reading from the Book of Exodus 12: 1\u20138, 11\u201314 <\/b> <BR> \n\n <i> Instructions concerning the Passover meal <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: <BR> \n \u201cThis 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, \u2018On 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. 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. You shall eat it like this: with a girdle round your waist, sandals on your feet, a staff in your hand. 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\u2019s honour. For all generations you are to declare it a day of festival, for ever.\u2019\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n Psalm 115:12-13, 15-18 <BR> <\/b> \n\n How can I repay the Lord <BR> \n for his goodness to me? <BR> \n The cup of salvation I will raise; <BR> \n I will call on the Lord\u2019s name. <\/p> \n\n <p> O precious in the eyes of the Lord <BR> \n is the death of his faithful. <BR> \n Your servant, Lord, your servant am I; <BR> \n you have loosened my bonds. <\/p> \n\n <p> A thanksgiving sacrifice I make; <BR> \n I will call on the Lord\u2019s name. <BR> \n My vows to the Lord I will fulfil <BR> \n before all his people. <\/p>  \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 11:23-26 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the death of the Lord. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> This is what I received from the Lord, and in turn passed on to you: that on the same night that he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread, and thanked God for it and broke it, and he said, \u2018This is my body, which is for you; do this as a memorial of me.\u2019 In the same way he took the cup after supper, and said, \u2018This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Whenever you drink it, do this as a memorial of me.\u2019 Until the Lord comes, therefore, every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming his death. <\/p>  \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St John 13: 1-15 <\/b> <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> Now he showed how perfect his love was. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> It was before the festival of the Passover, and Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had always loved those who were his in the world, but now he showed how perfect his love was. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> They were at supper, and the devil had already put it into the mind of Judas Iscariot son of Simon, to betray him. Jesus knew that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was returning to God, and he got up from table, removed his outer garment and, taking a towel, wrapped it round his waist; he then poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples\u2019 feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, \u201cLord, are you going to wash my feet?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cAt the moment you do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand.\u201d \u201cNever!\u201d said Peter \u201cYou shall never wash my feet.\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cIf I do not wash you, you can have nothing in common with me.\u201d \u201cThen, Lord,\u201d said Simon Peter \u201cnot only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!\u201d Jesus said, \u201cNo one who has taken a bath needs washing, he is clean all over. You too are clean, though not all of you are.\u201d He knew who was going to betray him, that was why he said, \u201cthough not all of you are.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> When he had washed their feet and put on his clothes again he went back to the table. \u201cDo you understand\u201d he said \u201cwhat I have done to you? You call me Master and Lord, and rightly; so I am. If I, then, the Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you should wash each other\u2019s feet. I have given you an example so that you may copy what I have done to you.\u201d <\/p><br>\n\n\n<p id=\"Good\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n<p><b> Friday 29th March &#8211; GOOD FRIDAY<\/b><\/p> \n\n<p><img src='https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Good-Friday-2024.png' alt='Good Friday' class='wp-image-10727' style='width:160px'\/><\/p>\n\n<p> <b> A reading from the Prophet Isaiah 52:13-53:12 <\/b> <BR> \n\n <i> He was pierced through for our faults. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <ul> See, my servant will prosper, <BR> \n he shall be lifted up, exalted, rise to great heights. <BR> <BR> \n\n As the crowds were appalled on seeing him <BR> \n \u2013 so disfigured did he look <BR> \n that he seemed no longer human \u2013 <BR> \n so will the crowds be astonished at him, <BR> \n and kings stand speechless before him; <BR> \n for they shall see something never told <BR> \n and witness something never heard before: <BR> \n \u2018Who could believe what we have heard, <BR> \n and to whom has the power of the Lord been revealed?\u2019 <BR> <BR> \n\n Like a sapling he grew up in front of us, <BR> \n like a root in arid ground. <BR> \n Without beauty, without majesty we saw him, <BR> \n no looks to attract our eyes; <BR> \n a thing despised and rejected by men, <BR> \n a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering, <BR> \n a man to make people screen their faces; <BR> \n he was despised and we took no account of him. <BR> <BR> \n\n And yet ours were the sufferings he bore, <BR> \n ours the sorrows he carried. <BR> \n But we, we thought of him as someone punished, <BR> \n struck by God, and brought low. <BR> \n Yet he was pierced through for our faults, <BR> \n crushed for our sins. <BR> \n On him lies a punishment that brings us peace, <BR> \n and through his wounds we are healed. <BR> <BR> \n\n We had all gone astray like sheep, <BR> \n each taking his own way, <BR> \n and the Lord burdened him <BR> \n with the sins of all of us. <BR> \n Harshly dealt with, he bore it humbly, <BR> \n he never opened his mouth, <BR> \n like a lamb that is led to the slaughter-house, <BR> \n like a sheep that is dumb before its shearers <BR> \n never opening its mouth. <BR> <BR> \n\n By force and by law he was taken; <BR> \n would anyone plead his cause? <BR> \n Yes, he was torn away from the land of the living; <BR> \n for our faults struck down in death. <BR> \n They gave him a grave with the wicked, <BR> \n a tomb with the rich, <BR> \n though he had done no wrong <BR> \n and there had been no perjury in his mouth. <BR> <BR> \n\n The Lord has been pleased to crush him with suffering. <BR> \n If he offers his life in atonement, <BR> \n he shall see his heirs, he shall have a long life <BR> \n and through him what the Lord wishes will be done. <BR> <BR> \n\n His soul\u2019s anguish over <BR> \n he shall see the light and be content. <BR> \n By his sufferings shall my servant justify many, <BR> \n taking their faults on himself. <BR> <BR> \n\n Hence I will grant whole hordes for his tribute, <BR> \n he shall divide the spoil with the mighty, <BR> \n for surrendering himself to death <BR> \n and letting himself be taken for a sinner, <BR> \n while he was bearing the faults of many <BR> \n and praying all the time for sinners. <\/ul> \n\n<b> \n <p> Psalm 30(31):2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25 <BR> <\/b> \n\n In you, O Lord, I take refuge. <BR> \n Let me never be put to shame. <BR> \n In your justice, set me free, <BR> \n Into your hands I commend my spirit. <BR> \n It is you who will redeem me, Lord. <\/p> \n\n <p> In the face of all my foes <BR> \n I am a reproach, <BR> \n an object of scorn to my neighbours <BR> \n and of fear to my friends. <\/p> \n\n <p> Those who see me in the street <BR> \n run far away from me. <BR> \n I am like a dead man, forgotten in men\u2019s hearts, <BR> \n like a thing thrown away. <\/p> \n\n <p> But as for me, I trust in you, Lord; <BR> \n I say: \u2018You are my God. <BR> \n My life is in your hands, deliver me <BR> \n from the hands of those who hate me. <\/p> \n\n <p> Let your face shine on your servant. <BR> \n Save me in your love.\u2019 <BR> \n Be strong, let your heart take courage, <BR> \n all who hope in the Lord. \n\n<\/p> <b> \n A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> He learnt to obey through suffering and became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Since in Jesus, the Son of God, we have the supreme high priest who has gone through to the highest heaven, we must never let go of the faith that we have professed. For it is not as if we had a high priest who was incapable of feeling our weaknesses with us; but we have one who has been tempted in every way that we are, though he is without sin. Let us be confident, then, in approaching the throne of grace, that we shall have mercy from him and find grace when we are in need of help. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> During his life on earth, he offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard. Although he was Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation. <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St John 18:1 &#8211; 19:42 <\/b> <i> <\/p> \n\n <h3> The passion of our Lord Jesus Christ <\/i> <\/h3> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> After he had said all this Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kedron valley. There was a garden there, and he went into it with his disciples. Judas the traitor knew the place well, since Jesus had often met his disciples there, and he brought the cohort to this place together with a detachment of guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees, all with lanterns and torches and weapons. Knowing everything that was going to happen to him, Jesus then came forward and said, \u201cWho are you looking for?\u201d They answered, \u201cJesus the Nazarene.\u201d He said, \u201cI am he.\u201d Now Judas the traitor was standing among them. When Jesus said, \u201cI am he\u201d, they moved back and fell to the ground. He asked them a second time, \u201cWho are you looking for?\u201d They said, \u201cJesus the Nazarene.\u201d \u201cI have told you that I am he\u201d replied Jesus. \u201cIf I am the one you are looking for, let these others go.\u201d  This was to fulfil the words he had spoken, \u201cNot one of those you gave me have I lost.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Simon Peter, who carried a sword, drew it and wounded the high priest\u2019s servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant\u2019s name was Malchus. Jesus said to Peter, \u201cPut your sword back in its scabbard; am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> The cohort and its captain and the Jewish guards seized Jesus and bound him. They took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.  It was Caiaphas who had suggested to the Jews, \u201cIt is better for one man to die for the people.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Simon Peter, with another disciple, followed Jesus. This disciple, who was known to the high priest, went with Jesus into the high priest\u2019s palace, but Peter stayed outside the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the woman who was keeping the door and brought Peter in. The maid on duty at the door said to Peter, \u201cAren\u2019t you another of that man\u2019s disciples?\u201d He answered, \u201cI am not.\u201d Now it was cold, and the servants and guards had lit a charcoal fire and were standing there warming themselves; so Peter stood there too, warming himself with the others. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. Jesus answered, \u201cI have spoken openly for all the world to hear; I have always taught in the synagogue and in the Temple where all the Jews meet together: I have said nothing in secret. But why ask me? Ask my hearers what I taught: they know what I said.\u201d At these words, one of the guards standing by gave Jesus a slap in the face, saying, \u201cIs that the way to answer the high priest?\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cIf there is something wrong in what I said, point it out; but if there is no offence in it, why do you strike me?\u201d Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> As Simon Peter stood there warming himself, someone said to him, \u201cAren\u2019t you another of his disciples?\u201d He denied it saying, \u201cI am not.\u201d One of the high priest\u2019s servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, \u201cDidn\u2019t I see you in the garden with him?\u201d Again Peter denied it; and at once a cock crew. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> They then led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was now morning. They did not go into the Praetorium themselves or they would be defiled and unable to eat the passover. So Pilate came outside to them and said, \u201cWhat charge do you bring against this man?\u201d They replied, \u201cIf he were not a criminal, we should not be handing him over to you.\u201d Pilate said, \u201cTake him yourselves, and try him by your own Law.\u201d The Jews answered, \u201cWe are not allowed to put a man to death.\u201d This was to fulfil the words Jesus had spoken indicating the way he was going to die. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> So Pilate went back into the Praetorium and called Jesus to him, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d he asked. Jesus replied, \u201cDo you ask this of your own accord, or have others spoken to you about me?\u201d Pilate answered, \u201cAm I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests who have handed you over to me: what have you done?\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cMine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. But my kingdom is not of this kind.\u201d \u201cSo you are a king then?\u201d said Pilate. \u201cIt is you who say it\u201d answered Jesus. \u201cYes, I am a king. I was born for this, I came into the world for this: to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice.\u201d  \u201cTruth?\u201d said Pilate \u201cWhat is that?\u201d; and with that he went out again to the Jews and said, \u201cI find no case against him. But according to a custom of yours I should release one prisoner at the Passover; would you like me, then, to release the king of the Jews?\u201d At this they shouted: \u201cNot this man,\u201d they said \u201cbut Barabbas.\u201d Barabbas was a brigand. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Pilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged; and after this, the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple robe.  They kept coming up to him and saying, \u201cHail, king of the Jews!\u201d; and they slapped him in the face. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Pilate came outside again and said to them, \u201cLook, I am going to bring him out to you to let you see that I find no case.\u201d Jesus then came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said, \u201cHere is the man.\u201d When they saw him the chief priests and the guards shouted, \u201cCrucify him! Crucify him!\u201d Pilate said, \u201cTake him yourselves and crucify him: I can find no case against him.\u201d \u201cWe have a Law,\u201d the Jews replied \u201cand according to that Law he ought to die, because he has claimed to be the Son of God.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> When Pilate heard them say this his fears increased. Re-entering the Praetorium, he said to Jesus, \u201cWhere do you come from?\u201d But Jesus made no answer.  Pilate then said to him, \u201cAre you refusing to speak to me? Surely you know I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?\u201d \u201cYou would have no power over me\u201d replied Jesus \u201cif it had not been given you from above; that is why the one who handed me over to you has the greater guilt.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> From that moment Pilate was anxious to set him free, but the Jews shouted, \u201cIf you set him free you are no friend of Caesar\u2019s; anyone who makes himself king is defying Caesar.\u201d Hearing these words, Pilate had Jesus brought out, and seated himself on the chair of judgement at a place called the Pavement, in Hebrew Gabbatha. It was Passover Preparation Day, about the sixth hour. \u201cHere is your king\u201d said Pilate to the Jews. \u201cTake him away, take him away!\u201d they said. \u201cCrucify him!\u201d \u201cDo you want me to crucify your king?\u201d said Pilate. The chief priests answered, \u201cWe have no king except Caesar.\u201d So in the end Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> They then took charge of Jesus, and carrying his own cross he went out of the city to the place of the skull or, as it was called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified him with two others, one on either side with Jesus in the middle. Pilate wrote out a notice and had it fixed to the cross; it ran: \u201cJesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.\u201d This notice was read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was not far from the city, and the writing was in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate, \u201cYou should not write \u2018King of the Jews\u2019, but \u2018This man said: I am King of the Jews\u2019. Pilate answered, \u201cWhat I have written, I have written.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> When the soldiers had finished crucifying Jesus they took his clothing and divided it into four shares, one for each soldier. His undergarment was seamless, woven in one piece from neck to hem; so they said to one another, \u201cInstead of tearing it, let\u2019s throw dice to decide who is to have it.\u201d In this way the words of scripture were fulfilled: <\/p> \n\n <ul> <i> They shared out my clothing among them.<br> \n They cast lots for my clothes. <\/i> <\/ul> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> This is exactly what the soldiers did. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, \u201cWoman, this is your son. Then to the disciple he said, \u201cThis is your mother.\u201d And from that moment the disciple made a place for her in his home. <\/p>\n\n<p style='text-align: justify;'> After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed, and to fulfil the scripture perfectly he said: <\/p> \n\n <ul> <i> \u201cI am thirsty.\u201d <\/i> <\/ul> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> A jar-full of vinegar stood there, so putting a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the vinegar he said, \u201cIt is accomplished\u201d; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> It was Preparation Day, and to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath \u2013 since that sabbath was a day of special solemnity \u2013 the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other. When they came to Jesus, they found he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water. This is the evidence of one who saw it \u2013 trustworthy evidence, and he knows he speaks the truth \u2013 and he gives it so that you may believe as well. Because all this happened to fulfil the words of scripture: <\/p> \n\n <ul> <i> Not one bone of his will be broken, <\/i> <\/ul> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> and again, in another place scripture says: \n\n<ul> <i> They will look on the one whom they have pierced. <\/i> <\/ul> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus \u2013 though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jews \u2013 asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission, so they came and took it away. Nicodemus came as well \u2013 the same one who had first come to Jesus at night-time \u2013 and he brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, following the Jewish burial custom. At the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in this garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been buried. Since it was the Jewish Day of Preparation and the tomb was near at hand, they laid Jesus there. <\/p>\n\n\n<p id=\"Vigil\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n<p><b> Saturday 30th March &#8211; EASTER: SATURDAY VIGIL CELEBRATION OF THE LORD\u2019S RESURRECTION<\/b><\/p> \n\n<p><img src='https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Easter-2024.png' alt='Easter' class='wp-image-10726' style='width:160px'\/><\/p>\n\n<p> A reading from the Book of Exodus 14:15\u201315:1 <\/b> <BR> \n\n <i> The sons of Israel went on dry ground right into the sea. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> The Lord said to Moses, \u2018Why do you cry to me so? Tell the sons of Israel to march on. For yourself, raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and part it for the sons of Israel to walk through the sea on dry ground. I for my part will make the heart of the Egyptians so stubborn that they will follow them. So shall I win myself glory at the expense of Pharaoh, of all his army, his chariots, his horsemen. And when I have won glory for myself, at the expense of Pharaoh and his chariots and his army, the Egyptians will learn that I am the Lord.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Then the angel of God, who marched at the front of the army of Israel, changed station and moved to their rear. The pillar of cloud changed station from the front to the rear of them, and remained there. It came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. The cloud was dark, and the night passed without the armies drawing any closer the whole night long. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove back the sea with a strong easterly wind all night, and he made dry land of the sea. The waters parted and the sons of Israel went on dry ground right into the sea, walls of water to right and to left of them. The Egyptians gave chase: after them they went, right into the sea, all Pharaoh\u2019s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> In the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and of cloud, and threw the army into confusion. He so clogged their chariot wheels that they could scarcely make headway. \u2018Let us flee from the Israelites,\u2019 the Egyptians cried. \u2018The Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians!\u2019 <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> \u2018Stretch out your hand over the sea,\u2019 the Lord said to Moses, \u2018that the waters may flow back on the Egyptians and their chariots and their horsemen.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and, as day broke, the sea returned to its bed. The fleeing Egyptians marched right into it, and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the very middle of the sea. The returning waters overwhelmed the chariots and the horsemen of Pharaoh\u2019s whole army, which had followed the Israelites into the sea; not a single one of them was left. But the sons of Israel had marched through the sea on dry ground, walls of water to right and to left of them. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> That day, the Lord rescued Israel from the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. Israel witnessed the great act that the Lord had performed against the Egyptians, and the people venerated the Lord; they put their faith in the Lord and in Moses, his servant. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> It was then that Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song in honour of the Lord: <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> Canticle: Exodus 15:1-6, 17-18 <\/b> <BR> \n\n I will sing to the Lord, glorious his triumph! <BR> \n Horse and rider he has thrown into the sea! <BR> \n The Lord is my strength, my song, my salvation. <BR> \n This is my God and I extol him, <BR> \n my father\u2019s God and I give him praise. <\/p> \n\n <p> The Lord is a warrior! \u2018The Lord\u2019 is his name. <BR> \n The chariots of Pharaoh he hurled into the sea, <BR> \n the flower of his army is drowned in the sea. <BR> \n The deeps hide them; they sank like a stone. <\/p> \n\n <p> Your right hand, Lord, glorious in its power, <BR> \n your right hand, Lord, has shattered the enemy. <BR> \n In the greatness of your glory you crushed the foe. <\/p> \n\n <p> You will lead your people and plant them on your mountain, <BR> \n the place, O Lord, where you have made your home, <BR> \n the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have made. <BR> \n The Lord will reign for ever and ever. <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n\n A reading from the Prophet Isaiah 55:1\u201311 <\/b> <BR> \n\n <i> Come to me and your soul will live, and I will make and everlasting covenant with you. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p> Thus says the Lord: <\/p> \n\n <ul> Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty; <BR> \n though you have no money, come! <BR> \n Buy corn without money, and eat, <BR> \n and, at no cost, wine and milk. <BR> \n Why spend money on what is not bread, <BR> \n your wages on what fails to satisfy? <BR> \n Listen, listen to me, and you will have good things to eat <BR> \n and rich food to enjoy. <BR> \n Pay attention, come to me; <BR> \n listen, and your soul will live. <BR> <BR> \n\n With you I will make an everlasting covenant <BR> \n out of the favours promised to David. <BR> \n See, I have made of you a witness to the peoples, <BR> \n a leader and a master of the nations. <BR> \n See, you will summon a nation you never knew, <BR> \n those unknown will come hurrying to you, <BR> \n for the sake of the Lord your God, <BR> \n of the Holy One of Israel who will glorify you. <BR> <BR> \n\n Seek the Lord while he is still to be found, <BR> \n call to him while he is still near. <BR> \n Let the wicked man abandon his way, <BR> \n the evil man his thoughts. <BR> \n Let him turn back to the Lord who will take pity on him, <BR> \n to our God who is rich in forgiving; <BR> \n for my thoughts are not your thoughts, <BR> \n my ways not your ways \u2013 it is the Lord who speaks. <BR> \n Yes, the heavens are as high above earth <BR> \n as my ways are above your ways, <BR> \n my thoughts above your thoughts. <\/ul> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Yes, as the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it was sent to do. \n\n<p> <b> \n Canticle: Isaiah 12:2-6 <BR> <\/b> \n\n Truly, God is my salvation, <BR> \n I trust, I shall not fear. <BR> \n For the Lord is my strength, my song, <BR> \n he became my saviour. <BR> \n With joy you will draw water <BR> \n from the wells of salvation. <\/p> \n\n <p> Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to his name! <BR> \n Make his mighty deeds known to the peoples! <BR> \n Declare the greatness of his name. <\/p> \n\n <p> Sing a psalm to the Lord <BR> \n for he has done glorious deeds; <BR> \n make them known to all the earth! <BR> \n People of Zion, sing and shout for joy, <BR> \n for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. <\/p> \n\n <\/p> <b> \n A reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Romans 6:3\u201311 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> When we were baptised in Christ Jesus we were baptised in his death; in other words, when we were baptised we went into the tomb with him and joined him in death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father\u2019s glory, we too might live a new life. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> If in union with Christ we have imitated his death, we shall also imitate him in his resurrection. We must realise that our former selves have been crucified with him to destroy this sinful body and to free us from the slavery of sin. When a Christian dies, of course, he has finished with sin. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> But we believe that having died with Christ we shall return to life with him: Christ, as we know, having been raised from the dead will never die again. Death has no power over him any more. When he died, he died, once for all, to sin, so his life now is life with God; and in that way, you too must consider yourselves to be dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus. <\/p> \n\n<p> <b> \n A reading from the Gospel of St Mark 16: 1-7 <\/b> <BR>  \n\n <i> Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified, has risen. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> When the sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices with which to go and anoint him. And very early in the morning on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, just as the sun was rising. <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> They had been saying to one another, \u201cWho will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?\u201d But when they looked they could see that the stone \u2013 which was very big \u2013 had already been rolled back. On entering the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right-hand side, and they were struck with amazement. But he said to them, \u201cThere is no need for alarm. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he has risen, he is not here. See, here is the place where they laid him. But you must go and tell his disciples and Peter, \u2018He is going before you to Galilee; it is there you will see him, just as he told you.\u2019\u201d <\/p><br>\n\n\n<p id=\"Easter\"> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1024x10.png 1024w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-300x3.png 300w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-768x8.png 768w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band-1536x15.png 1536w, https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/band.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure> <\/p>\n\n<p><b> Sunday 31st March &#8211; EASTER SUNDAY<\/b><\/p> \n\n<p><img src='https:\/\/prayerfulness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Easter-2024.png' alt='Easter' class='wp-image-10726' style='width:160px'\/><\/p>\n\n<p> <b>  A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 10:34, 37-43 <\/b> <BR> \n\n <i> We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: \u201cYou must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses \u2013 we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead \u2013 and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> \n Psalm: 117(118):1-2, 16-17, 22-23 <BR> <\/b> \n\n Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, <BR> \n for his love has no end. <BR> \n Let the sons of Israel say: <BR> \n \u2018His love has no end.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n <p>  The Lord\u2019s right hand has triumphed; <BR> \n his right hand raised me up. <BR> \n I shall not die, I shall live <BR> \n and recount his deeds. <\/p> \n\n <p>  The stone which the builders rejected <BR> \n has become the corner stone. <BR> \n This is the work of the Lord, <BR> \n a marvel in our eyes. <\/p> \n\n <p> <b> A reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Colossians 3:1-4 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> You must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is. <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> While the Jews demand miracles and the Greeks look for wisdom, here are we preaching a crucified Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans madness, but to those who have been called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God\u2019s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God\u2019s weakness is stronger than human strength. <\/p> \n\n <p> <b>  A reading from the Gospel of St John 20: 1-9 <BR> <\/b> \n\n <i> He must rise from the dead <\/i> <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. \u201cThey have taken the Lord out of the tomb\u201d she said \u201cand we don\u2019t know where they have put him.\u201d <\/p> \n\n <p style='text-align: justify;'> So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style='text-align: justify;'><font size=\"1\"><i>Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1966 by Darton, Longman &amp; Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reproduced with Permission. <br>\nExcerpt from THE GRAIL PSALMS, with permission of A P Watt at United Agents on behalf of The Grail, England. Copyright \u00a9 1963 by The Grail, England. <br>\nCopyright \u00a9 2019-2026 Prayerfulness.com. 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