Acts 1: 12 – 26 We are a story telling species. Narratives are how we make sense of our own lives, the family and communities we inhabit, and of our place in the vast universe. The same night on which human beings discovered fire, I’d be willing to wager there were campfire stories. A circle …
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The Book of Acts 1: 3 – 11 In this opening section, Luke summarizes the apparitions of the Risen Lord, and how he presented himself to his disciples by many proofs, instructing them to wait in Jerusalem for the promised Holy Spirit. The disciples are coming to deepened understanding, yet their questions remain unchanged and …
The Book of Acts 1: 1 – 2“In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.” Eastertide begins on Easter Day and continues for …
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Acts 4: 1 – 12Psalm 116: 1 – 8St. John 21: 1 – 14 In today’s appointed Gospel, the disciples…or some of them anyway…have gone back to fishing. They went back to doing what they knew best, which is how most of us deal with grief or disappointment or disorientation when it comes our way. One …
