Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
Taken from Twelve Months of Sundays Year A
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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 old cliche´; but those who used to say ‘expect great things from God; attempt great things for God’ had John on their side far more than those who, by implication at least, simply want a place on the sidelines where a few little Christian activities can take place without causing a fuss. As the world continues to reveal its powerlessness in the face of evil, is it not time to take Jesus at his word..
Taken from Twelve Months of Sundays Year A by N T Wright
Published by SPCK