Readings: Acts 1:1–11 Psalm 47:2–3, 6–7, 8–9 Ephesians 1:17–23 or Hebrews 9:24–28; 10:19–23 Luke 24:46–53 In today’s First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke gives the surprising news that there is more of the story to be...
The first Church council, the Council of Jerusalem we hear about in today’s First Reading, decided the shape of the Church as we know it. Some Jewish Christians had wanted Gentile converts to be circumcised and obey all the complex ritual and purity laws of the Jews....
