Today’s Readings – Sunday of Week 4 of Easter (Year C)

Commentary on Acts 13:14,43-52; Revelation 7:9,14-17; John 10:27-30

In the First Reading, Paul (as he is now called) and Barnabas say to the people of Antioch in Pisidia:

...the Lord has commanded us, saying,
‘I have set you to be a light for the gentiles,
so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’


We are then told that:

When the gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord, and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers.


Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, is commonly known as ’Good Shepherd Sunday’ (because the Gospel is taken from Jesus’ teaching in chapter 10 of John’s Gospel about himself as the Good Shepherd). But it is also known as ’Vocation Sunday’ because on … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Saturday of Week 3 of Easter - First Reading

Commentary on Acts 9:31-42

Following the conversion of Saul, persecutions come to an end for the time being and the new Church enjoys peace all through Judea and Jerusalem, Galilee and Samaria. These were the places where, up to now, evangelisation has taken place. The communities exper … Continue