Archive for May 2023

First Reading Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 (JB) A reading from the book of Exodus The Lord God, ruler of all, merciful and loving. With the two tablets of stone in his hands, Moses went up the mountain of Sinai in the early morning as the Lord had commanded him. And the Lord descended in the form…

First Reading Acts 2:1-11 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak different languages. When Pentecost day came round, the apostles had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of…

First Reading Acts 1:1-11 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles Why are you standing here looking into the sky? Jesus has been taken into heaven. In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles…

First Reading Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles They laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Philip went to a Samaritan town and proclaimed the Christ to them. The people united in welcoming the message Philip preached, either because they had heard of the miracles he…

First Reading Acts 6:1-7 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles They elected seven men filled with the Spirit and wisdom. About this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenists made a complaint against the Hebrews: in the daily distribution their own widows were being overlooked. So the Twelve called…