Saturday of the Third Week of Easter, May 06, 2017 1st Reading: Acts of the Apostles 9:31-42. The Church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. She was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit she grew in numbers. As Peter … [Read more…]
Friday of the Third Week of Easter, May 05, 2017. 1st Reading: Acts of the Apostles 9:1-20 Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to … [Read more…]
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter, May 04, 2017 1st Reading: Acts 8:26-40 The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip,”Get up and head south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert route.” So he got up and set out. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official … [Read more…]
Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles, May 03, 2017. 1st Reading: First Corinthians 15:1-8. I am reminding you, brothers and sisters, of the Gospel I preached to you, which you indeed received and in which you also stand. Through it you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached … [Read more…]
Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter, May 02, 2017 1st Reading: Acts 7:51-60.8:1a. Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes: “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the Holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors. Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put … [Read more…]