Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 5th Sunday of Easter Cycle A
1st Reading – Acts 6:1-7 A new section of the Acts of the Apostles begins with our reading for today. We are introduced to two groups in the early community, identified by their background prior to conversion – the Hellenists, and the Hebrews. From this chapter onward, Christians are referred to as “disciples”; this term […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 4th Sunday of Easter Cycle A
1st Reading – Acts 2:14, 36-41 Today we continue with Peter’s address to the people on the Day of Pentecost – an address we began to hear last week. This address proclaims that Jesus of Nazareth, whom the Jews crucified, is the Messiah promised by God and eagerly awaited by the righteous of the Old […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 3rd Sunday of Easter Cycle A
1st Reading – Acts 2:14, 22-33 Today’s first reading tells of the formation of the early Church as we hear Peter address the people of the day of Pentecost. His address is in two parts: Part 1, which we do not hear today, explains that the messianic times foretold by the Prophet Joel have now […]
Liturgical Bible Study Guide: 2nd Sunday of Easter Cycle A
Introduction On April 30, 2000, His Holiness John Paul II, in response to the wishes of the Christian faithful, declared that “the Second Sunday of Easter henceforth throughout the Church will also be called Divine Mercy Sunday.” The desire for this celebration was expressed by Our Lord to Saint Faustina as can be found in […]
ACTS OF APOSTLES – One Bread, One Body, Jun 7, 2014
Pentecost Novena – Day 9 Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 | Psalm 11:4-5, 7 | John 21:20-25 “Your business is to follow Me.” —John 21:22 Today, on the last day of our novena to the Holy Spirit and the next to last day of the Easter season, we read the last words of the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel of John . May today be the last time we refuse to act on God’s …