Articles Archive for May 2009
Today’s Readings
The gospel reading focuses on the figure of the Beloved Disciple who is first presented at the Last Supper with his ears on the Lord’s chest. Our iconography does not do justice to the …
Today’s Readings
The day’s gospel selection from John is the account of the Commissioning of Peter (John 21:20-25). Jesus as the Good Shepherd had already given his life for his sheep (cf. John 10). As Priest, …
Today’s Readings
This episode should be called “Paul at the Docks”, and yet, as the trial goes on one wonders who is being tried? We’ve seen how Jesus, though tried before the Sanhedrin, actually …
Acts 20:28-38 is part of Paul’s farewell speech to the elders of the Ephesians. He was at Miletus when he had them called to him. He has had premonitions that this may be the last …
Below are the most recent articles from http://www.biblista.net for Pentecost and Trinity Sunday.
The Coming of the Holy Spirit
“Pentecost” was originally a Jewish feast that celebrated the giving of the Law at Sinai fifty-days after …
Today’s Readings
We have seen how a disciple of John the Baptist, Apollos of Alexandria, becomes a member of The Way through the help of Priscilla and Aquila. In this selection from Acts, we learn …
Today’s Readings
In today’s reading from Acts 18:23–28, another important figure in the building-up of the Church is introduced by Luke: Apollos of Alexandria. We are told that the husband and wife team, Priscilla and Aquila …
The account of Paul’s sojourn in Corinth continues in Acts 18:9ff. He stays there for a year and a half teaching the word of God (v.11). This is due to a vision that Paul …
The short selection from Acts 18 can be divided into three parts:
Acts 8:1-3 Paul meeting Priscilla and Aquila
Acts 8:4-5 Paul preaching in the synagogues (Silas and Timothy rejoin him)
Acts 8:6-7 Paul rejected and …
Today’s Readings
The present selection jumps over several episodes after the Jailer incident. Here are the episodes:16:35-40 Paul and Silas freed by the magistrates17:1-9 Preaching in Thessalonica17:10-15 Preaching in Beroea
The evangelists had relative success in …
