Acts 4:32-35
The reading presents an ideal of the early Christian community.
Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Peter and all the disciples are commissioned to bear witness to the good news.
Is 50:4-7
The third “Song of the Suffering Servant” shows us the disciple whose faithfulness is based on fidelity to God.
Jer 31:31-34
The old covenant was written stone; the new covenant will be written in the people’s hearts.
2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23
The Second Book of Chronicles was written after the Babylonian exile as a reinterpretation of history for the new situation in which the people found themselves.
Ex 20:1-17
The Ten Commandments express the central law of the covenant made on Mt. Sinai.
Gn 22:1-2, 9-18
Abraham’s test of faith emphasizes the fact that God demands obedience, not sacrifice.
Gn 9:8-15
God makes a covenant with Noah and, through Noah, with all creation.
Lv 13:1-2, 44-46
If the man is leprous and unclean,
the priest shall declare him unclean.