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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…

First Reading Acts 2:14, 36-41 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ. On the day of Pentecost Peter stood up with the eleven and addressed the crowd with a loud voice: ‘The whole House of Israel can be certain that God has made this Jesus…

First Reading Acts 2:14, 22-33 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles It was impossible for him to be held by the power of Hades. On the day of Pentecost Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed the crowd in a loud voice: ‘Men of Israel, listen to what I am going…