First Reading

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Commentary on Acts 16:16-34

Ripples of Freedom Acts 16:16–34 begins with a walk to the place of prayer. We [...]

Detail from Matheis Stöberl's
Commentary on Acts 1:1-11

Forty days after Easter in the liturgical calendar is a festival day, the Ascension of [...]

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Commentary on Acts 16:9-15

Placed by the Spirit Life in the Spirit is a wild ride. John 3:8 tells [...]

Detail from Corita Kent's
Commentary on Acts 11:1-18

Since much in Acts 11:1–18 repeats what has already occurred in the preceding narrative (10:1–48), [...]

Detail from The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai, a 6th-century encaustic icon.
Commentary on Acts 9:36-43

Miracles are extraordinary events.1 In this text Peter performs the miracle par excellence—the raising of [...]

Detail from Duccio di Buoninsegna's painting
Commentary on Acts 9:1-6 [7-20]

It is strange how little airtime the conversion of Saul [...]

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Commentary on Acts 5:27-32

The story of the apostles’ trial before the Sanhedrin comes on the heels of their [...]

Art image of the stone rolled away from the tomb
Commentary on Acts 10:34-43

From early in life we are encouraged to make choices and develop preferences; we begin [...]

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Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12

Dawn comes while shadows still linger in the sky, and [...]

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Commentary on Exodus 12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14

These verses, the institution of the Passover, are the appointed [...]