Sunday Readings: Genesis 3.9-15; 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1; Mark 3.20-35 Jesus went home with his disciples and again a crowd gathered, so they could not even eat. When his family heard this, they went to restrain him, for people were saying, “He is out of his mind.” . . . To scribes who came from Jerusalem, Jesus said, “Amen, […]
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Sunday Readings: Isaiah 7.10-14; Romans 1.1-7; Matthew 1.18-24 “This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother was engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child through the power of the Holy Spirit. Joseph, her husband, an upright man unwilling to expose her to
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