Today’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 experience the consolation of the Holy Spirit, in other words, the joy which their new faith brings to them. The work of the Spirit is constantly noted throughout Acts—which is why the book is sometimes called the Acts of the Holy Spirit.

We are then told of two miracles performed by Peter, another sign that the power of Jesus through the Spirit is working in him. The healing and whole-making and life-giving work of Jesus continues.

First, in the town of Lydda a paralytic is cured. Lydda was a town abo … Continue

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

Commentary on Acts 9:1-20

Today’s reading touches on one of the major turning points in the development of the early Christian community and indeed for the future of the whole Church in centuries to come. Luke gives three accounts in Acts (9:1-20; 22:5-16; 26:10-18) of this moment … Continue