Readings

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 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles The gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the gentiles also. As Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. But Peter helped him up. ‘Stand up’, he said…

First Reading Acts 9:26-31 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles He explained how the Lord appeared to Saul and spoke to him on his journey. When Saul got to Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him: they could not believe he was really a disciple.…

First Reading Acts 4:8-12 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles This is the only name by which we can be saved. Filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter said: ‘Rulers of the people, and elders! If you are questioning us today about an act of kindness to a cripple, and asking us how…

First Reading Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles You have killed the prince of life; God, however, raised him from the dead. Peter said to the people ‘You are Israelites, and it is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, who has glorified his…

First Reading Acts 4:32-35 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles The whole group was united, heart and soul. The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in common. The apostles continued to testify…

First Reading Acts 10:34, 37-43 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead. Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John…

First Reading Isaiah 50:4-7 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah I did not cover my face against insult and I know I will not be ashamed. The Lord has given me a disciple’s tongue. So that I may know how to reply to the wearied he provides me with speech. Each morning he wakes…

First Reading Jeremiah 31:31-34 (Year B) (JB) A reading from the prophet Jeremiah The days are coming when I will make a new covenant with Israel and I will forgive their iniquity. See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I will make a new covenant with the House…