Reading: Luke 13.10-17 Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years.
Author: Sophie Simmonds
Open The Gospel – 17 August: Trinity 9, Luke 12.49-56
Reading: Luke 12.49-56 ‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress
Open The Gospel – 10 August: Trinity 8, Luke 12.32-40
Reading: Luke 12.32-40 ‘Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for
Open The Gospel – 3 August: Trinity 7, Luke 12.13-21
Reading: Luke 12.13-21 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.’ But he said to him, ‘Friend, who set me
Open The Gospel – 27 July: Trinity 6
Reading: Luke 11.1–13 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught
Open The Gospel – 20 July: Trinity 5
Reading: Luke 10.38–end Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened
Open The Gospel – 13 July: Trinity 4
Reading: Luke 10.25–37 A lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law?
Open The Gospel – 6 July: Trinity 3
Reading: Luke 10.1–11, 16–20 After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to
Open The Gospel – 29 June: Peter and Paul
Reading: Matthew 16.13–19 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some
Open The Gospel – 22 June: Trinity 1
Reading: Luke 8.26–39 Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met
Open The Gospel – 15 June: Trinity Sunday
Reading: John 16.12–15 ‘I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth;
Open The Gospel – 8 June: Pentecost
Reading: John 14.8–17 [25–27] Philip said to him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip,
Open The Gospel – 1 June: Easter 7
Reading: John 17.20–26 ‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one.
Open The Gospel – 25 May: Easter 6
Reading: John 14.23–29 Jesus said, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with
Open The Gospel – 18 May: Easter 5
Reading: John 13.31–35 When he had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 32If God has been glorified in
Open The Gospel – 11 May: Easter 4
Reading: John 10.22–30 At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, 23and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. 24So the
Open The Gospel – 4 May: Easter 3
Reading: John 21.1–19 After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. 2Gathered there together were Simon Peter,
Open The Gospel – 27 April: Easter 2
Reading: John 20.19–31 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for
Open The Gospel – 20 April: Easter Day
Reading: Luke 24.1–12 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2They found the stone rolled
Open The Gospel – 13 April: Palm Sunday
Reading: Luke 19.28–40 After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount
Open The Gospel – 6 April: Lent 5
Reading: John 12.1–8 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2There they gave a dinner for him. Martha
Open The Gospel – 30 March: Lent 4
Reading: Luke 15.1–3, 11b–32 Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners
Open The Gospel – 23 March: Lent 3
Reading: Luke 13.1–9 There were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, ‘Do you think that because these Galileans
Open The Gospel – 16 March: Lent 2
Reading: Luke 13.31–35 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ He said to them, ‘Go and tell that


