holy week

⁶But without faith, it is impossible to please God. For whoever approaches God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him.

⁸For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.

²¹Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them: it is he who loves me. And whoever loves me shall be loved by my Father. And I will love him, and I will manifest myself to him.” ²²Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him: “Lord, how does it happen that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world?” ²³Jesus responded and said to him: “If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him.

⁷Purge the old leaven, so that you may become the new bread, for you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover, has now been immolated.

⁹The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world.

¹“Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me also.

¹Before the feast day of the Passover, Jesus knew that the hour was approaching when he would pass from this world to the Father. And since he had always loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end. ²And when the meal had taken place, when the devil had now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him, ³knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he came from God and was going to God, ⁴he rose up from the meal, and he set aside his vestments, and when he had received a towel, he wrapped it around himself. ⁵Next he put water into a shallow bowl, and he began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which he was wrapped. ⁶And then he came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to him, “Lord, would you wash my feet?”

¹Now on the morning of the Sabbath, when it began to grow light on the first Sabbath, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher. ²And behold, a great earthquake occurred. For an Angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and as he approached, he rolled back the stone and sat down on it. ³Now his appearance was like lightning, and his vestment was like snow. ⁴Then, out of fear of him, the guards were terrified, and they became like dead men. ⁵Then the Angel responded by saying to the women: “Do not be afraid. For I know that you are seeking Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶He is not here. For he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where the Lord was placed.

⁶By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:

³And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

¹³Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.

⁶And similarly, he says in another place: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

¹⁴If you shall ask anything of me in my name, that I will do.