Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter, Year A. May 24, 2017 1st Reading: Acts: 17:15.22-34.18:1. After Paul’s escorts had taken him to Athens, they came away with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible. Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and said: “You Athenians, I see that in … [Read more…]
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter, Year A. May 23, 2017 1st Reading:Acts of the Apostles 16:22-34. The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas, and the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be beaten with rods. After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison … [Read more…]
Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter, Year A May 22, 2017 1st Reading: Acts of Apostles 16:11-15 We set sail from Troas, making a straight run for Samothrace, and on the next day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, a leading city in that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We spent … [Read more…]
Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A. May 21, 2017 1st Reading: ACTS 8:5-8, 14-17 Philip went down to the city of Samariaand proclaimed the Christ to them.With one accord, the crowds paid attention to what was said by Philip when they heard it and saw the signs he was doing.For unclean spirits, crying out in … [Read more…]
Readings for Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter, Year A, May 20, 2017. 1st Reading: Acts of the Apostles 16:1-10. Paul reached (also) Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. The brothers in Lystra and … [Read more…]