This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Peter 1:3-9 3 Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 4 and into a […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1, Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 16 On our arrival in Rome Paul was allowed to stay in lodgings of his own with the soldier who guarded him. 17 After three days he called together the leading Jews. When they had assembled, he said to […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  Acts 25:13b-21 13 Some days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. 14 Their visit lasted several days, and Festus put Paul’s case before the king, saying, ‘There is a man here whom Felix left […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1 Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 Wishing to determine the truth about why Paul was being accused by the Jews, the commander freed him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to convene. Then he brought Paul down and made him stand before […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1 Acts 20:28-38 At Miletus, Paul spoke to the presbyters of the Church of Ephesus: “Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the Church of God, that he […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1 Acts 20:17-27 From Miletus Paul had the presbyters of the Church at Ephesus summoned. When they came to him, he addressed them, “You know how I lived among you the whole time from the day I first came to the province of […]

Reading 1 Acts 19:1-8 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul travelled through the interior of the country and down to Ephesus where he found some disciples. He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” They answered him, “We have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” He […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1, Acts 18:23-28 24 An Alexandrian Jew named Apollos now arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, with a sound knowledge of the scriptures, and yet, 25 though he had been given instruction in the Way of the Lord and preached with […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1 Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and sisters (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place). He said, “My brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  Acts 1:1-11 1 In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning 2 until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up […]