Holy Qurbana
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Lectionary Theme: Jesus Christ who restores (2nd Sunday after Easter)
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Hosea 14:1-9 First Lesson
1. Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2. Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.
3. Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.” Assurance of Forgiveness
4. I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
5. I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.
6. His shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.
7. They shall again live beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden; they shall blossom like the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8. O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; your faithfulness comes from me.
9. Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
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Hebrews 6:9-12 Second Lesson
9. Even though we speak in this way, beloved, we are confident of better things in your case, things that belong to salvation.
10. For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.
11. And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end,
12. so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Galatians 6:1-5 Epistle
1. My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.
2. Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
3. For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
4. All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor’s work, will become a cause for pride.
5. For all must carry their own loads.
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John 21:1-14 Gospel
1. After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way.
2. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.
3. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
4. Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
5. Jesus said to them, “Children, you have no fish, have you?” They answered him, “No.”
6. He said to them, “Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in because there were so many fish.
7. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on some clothes, for he was naked, and jumped into the sea.
8. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, only about a hundred yards off.
9. When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread.
10. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.”
11. So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net was not torn.
12. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” because they knew it was the Lord.
13. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.
14. This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. Jesus and Peter