Author: Lucy

Reading The Acts of the Apostles 9: 1-20 9:1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 9:2 and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that, if he found any men or women belonging to this Way, he could…

Reading The Acts of the Apostles 8: 26-40 8:26 Now an Angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Rise up and go toward the south, to the way which descends from Jerusalem into Gaza, where there is a desert.” 8:27 And rising up, he went. And behold, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, powerful…

Reading Acts 8: 1-8 8:1 Now in those days, there occurred a great persecution against the Church at Jerusalem. And they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles. 8:2 But God-fearing men arranged for Stephen’s funeral, and they made a great mourning over him. 8:3 Then Saul was laying…

Reading The Acts of the Apostles 7: 51-8:1 7:51 Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you ever resist the Holy Spirit. Just as your fathers did, so also do you do. 7:52 Which of the Prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they killed those who foretold the advent of the Just One.…

Reading The Acts of the Apostles 6: 8-15 6:8 Then Stephen, filled with grace and fortitude, wrought great signs and miracles among the people. 6:9 But certain ones, from the synagogue of the so-called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia rose up…

Acts 3: 13- 15, 17- 19 3:13 The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you, indeed, handed over and denied before the face of Pilate, when he was giving judgment to release him. 3:14 Then you denied…

First Reading The Acts of the Apostles 6: 1-7 6:1 In those days, as the number of disciples was increasing, there occurred a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were treated with disdain in the daily ministration. 6:2 And so the twelve, calling together the multitude of the disciples,…

Reading The Acts of the Apostles 5: 34-42 5:34 But someone in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law honored by all the people, rose up and ordered the men to be put outside briefly. 5:35 And he said to them: “Men of Israel, you should be careful in your…

Reading The Acts of the Apostles 5: 27-33 5:27 And when they had brought them, they stood them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, 5:28 and said: “We strongly order you not to teach in this name. For behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and you wish to bring…

Reading The Acts of the Apostles 5: 17-26 5:17 Then the high priest and all those who were with him, that is, the heretical sect of the Sadducees, rose up and were filled with jealousy. 5:18 And they laid hands on the Apostles, and they placed them in the common prison. 5:19 But in…