Religion

Today’s first reading is the telling of Stephen’s ministry, after being appointed to preach the gospel and convert sinners, the elders want him to stop, even by providing false witness. As Jesus says in Matthew 5, Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you [falsely]…

Today’s first reading is from Acts and Peter said again that we were the ones that killed the fulfillment of the Old Testament. But he said that God is merciful. He said “Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away” Psalm 4:9 was read today, “As soon as I lie down,…

Today’s first reading tells of the first selection of men to preach the gospel that are not the apostles. The first was Stephen. In the gospel, John described the time that Jesus walked on water. Jesus said Do not be afraid. It is still the Easter season! Amen! Alleluia! Jesus is risen!

Today’s first reading is of Gamaliel who is respected by the elders tells them that they should let the apostles go. He said that if this is of God, no one will be able to defeat it, but if it is from Man and the world, it will die on its own. So true and…

It is still Easter season! Amen! Alleluia! Jesus is risen! In the first reading the high priest of the Jews asks the apostles why they are still preaching when they were told to stop. Of course they are filled with the Holy Spirit, so they must proclaim the good news. The priest then wants them…

Today’s first reading is about the leaders of the Jewish people trying to hush the apostles’ Good News by arresting them, but angels came behind the locked cells and freed them. In the gospel, the famous verse, John 3:16, but it goes on to say that Jesus came to save us and be the light…

Today’s first reading is an account of the beginning of the church. People believed in the apostles, Jesus, and the Bible. They sold their possessions and gave to the “church”. In the gospel, Jesus I spoke to Nicodemus. He said that those who do not listen to those things of the world and believe, how…

Today’s first reading is a foretelling of Mary’s birth to Jesus. In the second reading, Paul explained that animal sacrifices were no longer needed since we had the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus’ body for our sins. In the gospel, the story of the angel appearing to Mary telling her that she will have a son,…

Today’s first reading tells of letting Peter go after telling him to stop using the name of Jesus for healing and preaching. How could Peter stop when he was filled with the Holy Spirit? In the gospel, Mark told the accounts of Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene, Jesus on the road to Emmaus, and then…

We are still in the Easter season! Amen! Alleluia! Today’s first read is a continuation of the story of Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, preaching to the people and was arrested. Peter said “There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by…