Opportunities to love

Saturday 28 May 2022 6th week of Eastertide Acts 18:23-28Paul came down to Antioch, where he spent a short time before continuing his journey through the Galatian country and then through Phrygia, encouraging all the followers.An Alexandrian Jew named Apollos now arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent man,...

We don’t have to make it on our own

Friday 27 May 2022 6th week of Eastertide Acts 18:9-18At Corinth one night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision, ‘Do not be afraid to speak out, nor allow yourself to be silenced: I am with you. I have so many people on my side in this city...

San Filippo Neri & our folly

Thursday 26 May 2022 St Philip Neri Thursday before Ascension Sunday Acts 18:1-8 Paul left Athens and went to Corinth, where he met a Jew called Aquila whose family came from Pontus. He and his wife Priscilla had recently left Italy because an edict of Claudius had expelled all...

The Complete Truth

Wednesday 25 May 2022 6th week of Eastertide Acts 17:15,22-18:1 Paul’s escort took him as far as Athens and went back with instructions for Silas and Timothy to re-join Paul as soon as they could.   So, Paul stood before the whole Council of the Areopagus and made this speech:...

A message of hope and equality

Tuesday 24 May 2022 6th week of Eastertide Acts 16:22-34The crowd joined in and showed their hostility to Paul and Silas, so the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be flogged. They were given many lashes and then thrown into prison, and the gaoler was told to...

Come, Remain, Go

Monday 23 May 2022 6th week of Eastertide Acts 16:11-15Sailing from Troas we made a straight run for Samothrace; the next day for Neapolis, and from there for Philippi, a Roman colony and the principal city of that particular district of Macedonia. After a few days in this city...

Hatred

Saturday 21 May 2022 5th week of Eastertide John 15:18-21 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If the world hates you, remember that it hated me before you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the...

Shalom

Tuesday May 17, 2022, fifth week of Eastertide – Tertianship Program Mass Acts 14:19-28In those days, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered around...