Please read this passage before reading this homily. Things happened fast in the Acts of the Apostles from chapter 8 to the 12th. Saul was a leader of the persecutors. When he persecuted, many believers in Jesus had become refugees … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. Chapters nine and ten report two miraculous healings of Peter. They also record how he had gone to the house of a centurion and baptized him and his household (At this you … Continued
Please read the passage before the homily. My sisters and brothers, “I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” I do not know anybody who would give up his life for some sheep. … Continued
por favor lean este pasaje antes de la homilia Hermanas y Hermanos, “Soy el buen pastor. El buen pastor da su vida por sus ovejas.” Pienso que no hay hombre que va a dar su vida por ovejas. Las ovejas … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. It is said that Thomas the Apostle brought the Gospel to India. Ancient Mexico has a story that he also visited Central America, present-day Mexico, with the Gospel. We have stories of … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. A severe persecution of the Church in Jerusalem broke out. Members scattered. It is the foreigners, the Jews from other lands, that seem to have left. Today we would probably call them … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. Stephen was one of the first seven deacons. They were instituted to see that the widows whose husbands had not been born in the Holy Land would have their needs met. And … Continued
Please read the passage before the homily. My sisters and brothers, “The disciples recognized the Lord in the breaking of the bread.” Recognizing the risen Lord in the breaking of the bread is how the disciples recognized that the Lord … Continued
Lean este pasaje antes de la homilia Hermanas y Hermanos, “Los discípulos reconocieron al Señor al partir el pan.” El reconocer al Señor al partir el pan es como los discípulos reconocieron que el Señor había resucitado de entre los … Continued
Please read this passage before reading this homily. Gamaliel was a Pharisee. Some other well-known Pharisees were Paul the apostle and Nicodemus. Some scholars teach that in his theology and attitude, Jesus himself was by orientation a Pharisee. Gamaliel was … Continued