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Please read the passage noted before the commentary. “My sheep hear my voice”, says the lord.  How easy is it to say that I am one of the Lord’s sheep because I listen to his voice.  What can we say … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. “Mis ovejas escuchan mi voz”, dice el Señor. Cómo es fácil decir que yo soy uno de las ovejas del Señor porque escucho su voz.  ¿Qué podemos decir de quienes han … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the comments. “Who are you, Lord?” asked Saul to the voice that called to him.  It must have been a cataclysmic, catastrophic, and cosmic event that led Saul to suspect that it was the … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the comments. “There broke out a severe persecution of the Church in Jerusalem and all were scattered throughout the countryside.” Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish people, was a large city, filled with both … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the comments. Although there was tremendous unity among the early Christians on Jerusalem, there were also struggles.  Greek-speaking Jewish believers often felt left out of the services provided by the community for the Hebrew-speaking … Continued

Please read the passage noted before the commentary. Peter said he was going fishing.  He had been a fisherman before, but now he was returning to his former line of work.  In other words, Peter seems to be resigning his … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Pedro dijo que iba a pescar.  Pescó antes, pero ahora estaba volviendo a su anterior trabajo.  En otra palabra, Pedro parecía que iba a resignar su trabajo con el Señor. A … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the comments. Gamaliel was a wise and good Pharisee.  Some have thought that Jesus would have identified himself as a Pharisee.  The Pharisees seemed to have been sympathetic to the teachings of Jesus during … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the comments. This passage reminds me, in a way, of comic routines, such as Abbott and Costello, where, if anything can go wrong, it definitely will go wrong. We already know that the apostles … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the comments. Peter and John had gone to the temple for prayer.  They had cuffed a lame person.  They had been arrested, warned and released.  Our narrative begins as the two apostles return to … Continued