The first reading is from Acts (1: 15-26 passim). It is just after the account of the Ascension, which we still celebrate as a feast; it reminds us that though God is still with us in all that we do (except … Continue reading →

In (Acts  10), Luke tells us how Peter realised something new about being a follower of Jesus. It follows most suitably after the much limited beliefs of Peter that we read about last Sunday.   Peter was a Jew and Jews … Continue reading →

The first reading (Acts 9: 26-31) assumes that you know what has gone before in this chapter of Luke’s story of the early church. Saul, as Paul was called then, had been trying to suppress the followers … Continue reading →

29 April 2018 Acts, chapter 4, verses 8-12 go straight into another speech of Peter that Luke inserts here. The context  is the very early activities of Peter in Jerusalem.   Together with John and others he had been gathering interested … Continue reading →

In the first reading from Acts, (3:13-19) we have Luke’s report of what Peter preached to the early followers of the Way of Jesus. A message that looks very much like it is putting the blame for the death of … Continue reading →

The two Books of Samuel are classified in the Old Testament as History. History written then had the aim of influencing its readers morally, religiously or politically. The information included may have come from ‘historical’ annals, old folk tales and … Continue reading →

The first reading is taken from the Acts of the Apostles, (chapter 10, verses 34-43 passim), where we hear a speech made by Peter before a Roman Official about the resurrection of Jesus. The book of Acts is written as … Continue reading →

The passage from Isaiah (50: 4-7), clearly reads as though it is from a prophet. He is one who knows what God wants to say to the people, and even though his words may be unwelcomed by those he addresses, … Continue reading →

In last week’s first reading from the history book called Chronicles mention was made of the prophet Jeremiah; in our reading this week from that prophet (Jeremiah 31:31-34), we have the only explicit mention in the Old Testament of the … Continue reading →