This week’s Gospel message for Sunday, April 18th is from Luke 24:35-48
“The two disciples recounted what had taken place on the way, and how Jesus was made known to them in the breaking of bread. . .And he said to them, ‘Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.’”
“At the time the resurrected Jesus spoke to his disciples, his words and actions had not yet been written down. But he told his disciples that words had already been written about him, words written long before his birth to Mary, words in the law and the prophets and the psalms. His disciples may not have understood on their own, but just as he opened their eyes in the breaking of the bread, he ‘opened their minds to understand the scriptures.’” SOURCE: Pastoral Patterns, Summer 2021
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you…” Colossians 3:16
Monday Acts 6:8-15; John 6:22-29
Tuesday Acts 7:51—8:1a; John 6:30-35
Wednesday Acts 8:1b-8; John 6:35-40
Thursday Acts 8:26-40; John 6:44-51
Friday Acts 9:1-20; John 6:52-59
Saturday Acts 9:31-42; John 6:60-69