Sunday, February 28, 2027

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3rd Sunday of Lent: Source Of Strength (A) 28

Questions

Adults: Where have you found a source of "living water" for your own journey of faith?

Children: Name some times when your belief in Jesus helped make you stronger.

Key Passage

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life." (John 4:13–14)

Readings

First Reading • Water From The Rock

Exodus 17:3-7 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Psalm

Psalms 95:1-2, 6-7b, 7c-9 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Second Reading • Faith, Hope, And Love

Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Gospel • The Samaritan Woman At The Well

John 4:5-42 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

3rd Sunday of Lent: Trust And Doubt (B) 29

Questions

Adults: When has the message of the cross seemed absurd to you, and when have you seen its wisdom?

Children: What puzzles you in the gospel stories? Which story makes you the most hopeful?

Key Passage

For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. (1 Corinthians 1:22–23)

Readings

First Reading • The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-17 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Psalm

Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Second Reading • The Wisdom And Folly Of The Cross

1 Corinthians 1:22-25 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Gospel • Cleansing Of The Temple

John 2:13-25 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)