Lectionary 03/05/2026
- Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
Acts 7:55-60
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 7.55–60 1 Peter 2.2–10 John 14.1–14 What are we Christians supposed to feel about the world we live in? All three of today’s readings suggest that, at the very least, the world is not our home. Stephen dies as though death is irrelevant, w…
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 7. 55-60 : Psalm. 31. 1-5 [15-16] : 1 Peter 2.2-10: John 14. 1-14 Lord, guide us that we may walk in your way, rejoice in your truth, and be kept for ever in the life which you give, which is eternal; through him who lived and died and rose again f…
Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross
Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 7: 55 – 60 Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross, a witness to the grace of Christ; the love of God, the Spirit’s power; at one in Christian sacrifice. He spoke of love, and lived the life of one who cha…
Coats at your feet
Coats at your feet
by Marjorie Dobson
Dramatic monologue/poem: Coats at your feet Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 7: 55 – 60 How could you just stand there watching with hatred and anger in your heart, but your eyes unaffected by the sight of that cruel death? How could you be so callous and calculating, plotting …
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 7.55–60 1 Peter 2.2–10 John 14.1–14 I’m never quite sure what Jesus meant when he said ‘you will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father’. But I’m quite sure he did not mean ‘you will do lesser works than these’. An o…
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation –Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1st Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 If we have ever felt that Jesus’ words to the Pharisees were harsh, we can see them justified in the account of the death of Stephen. Stephen – called to account for his belie…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: Who would true valour see or Who would have the strength to follow Prayer: God, you set us on a journey Reading: Acts 7:55–60 Hymn: Father hear the prayer we offer or Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross, Sermon idea…
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