May 19 2024

May 19 2024

First reading Acts 2:1-11They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speakWhen Pentecost day came round, they had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in...
May 18 2024

May 18 2024

First reading Acts 28:16-20,30-31 In Rome, Paul proclaimed the kingdom of God without hindrance from anyoneOn our arrival in Rome Paul was allowed to stay in lodgings of his own with the soldier who guarded him.  After three days he called together the leading Jews....
May 17 2024

May 17 2024

First reading Acts 25:13-21’I ordered Paul to be remanded until I could send him to Caesar’King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. Their visit lasted several days, and Festus put Paul’s case before the king. ‘There...
May 16 2024

May 16 2024

First reading Acts 22:30,23:6-11 ‘You have borne witness in Jerusalem: now you must do the same in Rome’Since the tribune wanted to know what precise charge the Jews were bringing, he freed Paul and gave orders for a meeting of the chief priests and the...
May 15 2024

May 15 2024

First reading Acts 20:28-38 I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, and its powerPaul addressed these words to the elders of the church of Ephesus:  ‘Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the overseers,...
May 14 2024

May 14 2024

First reading Acts 1:15-17,20-26’Let someone else take his office’One day Peter stood up to speak to the brothers – there were about a hundred and twenty persons in the congregation: ‘Brothers, the passage of scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy...