This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1, Acts 13:26-33 26 ‘My brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and all you godfearers, this message of salvation is meant for you. 27 What the people of Jerusalem and their rulers did, though they did not realise it, was in fact to fulfil […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church  Reading 1, Acts 13:13-25 13 Paul and his companions went by sea from Paphos to Perga in Pamphylia where John left them to go back to Jerusalem. 14 The others carried on from Perga till they reached Antioch in Pisidia. Here they went to […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1, Acts 12:24—13:5a 24 The word of God continued to spread and to gain followers. 25 Barnabas and Saul completed their task at Jerusalem and came back, bringing John Mark with them.  1 In the church at Antioch the following were prophets and […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church  Reading 1, Acts 11:19-26 19 Those who had scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they proclaimed the message only to Jews. 20 Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church  Reading 1, Acts 11:1-18 1 The apostles and the brothers in Judaea heard that gentiles too had accepted the word of God, 2 and when Peter came up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers protested to him 3 and said, ‘So you have been visiting […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church  Reading 1, Acts 9:1-20 1 Meanwhile Saul was still breathing threats to slaughter the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked for letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, that would authorise him to arrest and take to Jerusalem any […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church  Reading 1, Acts 8:26-40 26 The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, ‘Set out at noon and go along the road that leads from Jerusalem down to Gaza, the desert road.’  27 So he set off on his journey. Now an Ethiopian […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church  Reading 1, Acts 8:1b-8 1 Saul approved of the killing. That day a bitter persecution started against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except the apostles scattered to the country districts of Judaea and Samaria. 2 There were some devout people, however, who buried […]

The blog follows the daily Bible readings of the Catholic Church  Reading 1, Acts 7:51—8:1 51 ‘You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do. 52 Can you name a single prophet your ancestors never persecuted? They killed those who foretold the […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church  Reading 1, Acts 6:8-15 8 Stephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. 9 Then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue […]