May 2025: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you”
May 4 – Easter 3 Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) Psalm 30 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 (UnitingWorld Sunday) The Gospel talks of casting nets, breakfast on a beach and a promise to feed his lambs, tend his sheep and the repeated waves of “Do you love me?” How does the question resonate with you? Might fill […]
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