Today’s Readings – Saturday of Week 7 of Easter - First Reading

Commentary on Acts 28:16-20,30-31

Today we complete the readings for the Easter season. During these seven weeks, we have been going through the Acts of the Apostles. As with most of the books which form the liturgical readings, much had to be omitted, but at least we do get a general picture of the extraordinary developments of the Church from a small group of uneducated fishermen to a chain of communities which, in such a short time, reached to the very centre of their known world—the empire’s seat of government in Rome. This would be the new centre from which it would over the centuries expand to every corner of the world.

Yesterday we saw Paul in the presence of King Agrippa and Bernice, while Festus explained the reason for Paul’s arrest to them. The following … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Friday of Week 7 of Easter - First Reading

Commentary on Acts 25:13-21

We are now moving rather quickly to the end of Acts.  We have to finish between today and tomorrow, which is the end of the Easter season.  Next week we will return to what is called ‘Ordinary Time’.

After Paul was rescued from the uproar in the Sanh … Continue