Thu 18 April

Thursday of the 3rd week of EastertideFirst readingActs 8:26-40Philip baptizes a eunuch The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, ‘Be ready to set out at noon along the road that goes from Jerusalem down to Gaza, the desert road.’ So he set off on his journey. Now...

Wed 17 April

Wednesday of the 3rd week of EastertideFirst readingActs 8:1-8They went from place to place, preaching the Good News That day a bitter persecution started against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except the apostles fled to the country districts of Judaea and...

Tue 16 April

Tuesday of the 3rd week of EastertideFirst readingActs 7:51-8:1’Lord Jesus, receive my spirit’ Stephen said to the people, the elders and the scribes: ‘You stubborn people, with your pagan hearts and pagan ears. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit,...

Mon 15 April

Monday of the 3rd week of EastertideFirst readingActs 6:8-15They could not get the better of Stephen because the Spirit prompted what he said Stephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people...

Sun 14 April

3rd Sunday of EasterFirst readingActs 3:13-15,17-19You killed the prince of life: God, however, raised him from the dead Peter said to the people: ‘You are Israelites, and it is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, who has glorified his...

Sat 13 April

Saturday of the 2nd week of Eastertide, or Saint Martin I, Pope, Martyr First readingActs 6:1-7They elected seven men full of the Holy Spirit About this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenists made a complaint against the Hebrews: in the...