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Notes on the Sunday readings

The notes and commentaries are offered in four formats.

1. PDF — the full notes, including weekday introductions, 5 pages.
2. The gospel notes only in audio format.
3. The gospel notes presented in a portable format suitable for smartphones and tablets.
4. YouTube video: A further exploration of the Gospel (usually) from a different angle.
5. This week's video may always be accessed directly on the website.

On another page (Online Lectures) the presentations approach the Gospel from our context and try to go a little more deeply into the text.

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The Q Sayings Source (Public Domain Translation)

The Baptism of the Lord (9 January 2022)
All notes (PDF)
Gospel notes (Audio)
Gospel notes (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Wedding Feast at Cana (16 January 2022)
All notes (PDF)
Gospel notes (Audio)
Gospel notes (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 3C (23 January 2022)
Sunday of the Word of God
All notes (PDF)
Gospel notes (Audio)
Gospel notes (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 4C (30 January 2022)
All notes (PDF)
Gospel notes (Audio)
Gospel notes (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 5C (6 February 2022)
All notes (PDF)
Gospel notes (Audio)
Gospel notes (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 6C (13 February 2022)
All notes (PDF)
Gospel notes (Audio)
Gospel notes (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 7C (20 February 2022)
All notes (PDF)
Gospel notes (Audio)
Gospel notes (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Sunday 8C (27 February 2022)
All notes (PDF)
Gospel notes (Audio)
Gospel notes (Portable)
Extra Gospel Exploration (YouTube)

Lent begins on Wednesday 2nd March 2022

From Justin Martyr

On Sunday we have a common assembly of all our members, whether they live in the city or the outlying districts.

The recollections of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as there is time. When the reader has finished, the president of the assembly speaks to us; he urges everyone to imitate the examples of virtue we have heard in the readings. Then we all stand up together and pray.

On the conclusion of our prayer, bread and wine and water are brought forward. The president offers prayers and gives thanks to the best of his ability, and the people give assent by saying, “Amen.” The eucharist is distributed, everyone present communicates, and the deacons take it to those who are absent.

We hold our common assembly on Sunday because it is the first day of the week, the day on which God put darkness and chaos to flight and created the world, and because on that same day our savior Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

The Sunday index takes you to the portable format of the Gospel notes, suitable for smartphones and tablets.