Saturday in the Octave of Easter April 15, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Acts 4:13-21 The Jewish leaders don’t know what to do with the apostles. So they take a “neutral” stance. They don’t assume a definitive position about Jesus. That will come later. For now, they simply tell the apostles to keep quiet about

Thursday in the Octave of Easter April 13, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Acts 3:11-26 Peter is explaining what happened when the crippled man was cured. He makes it quite plain that the power at work was not his but God’s. By healing the man when Peter addressed him in Jesus’ name, God was showing

Wednesday in the Octave of Easter April 12, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Acts 3:1-10 The healing of the man crippled from birth demonstrated the risen Christ was still at work–still active, still powerful, still able to cure the sick and the disabled, even as he had been during the course of his earthly life

Tuesday in the Octave of Easter April 11, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Acts 2:36-41 Peter’s inaugural sermon continues. Jesus’ resurrection, he says, is a sign that Jesus has been established by the Father as Lord and Messiah. The people realize that they have killed their savior and ask Peter what they can do now.

Monday in the Octave of Easter April 10, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Acts 2:14, 22-23 For the next seven weeks, we’ll be hearing from the Acts of the Apostles. Acts is a sequel to Luke’s Gospel. It tells us what happened after the resurrection of Jesus, and how the community of faith was formed.