by Lynne Marie | May 14, 2026 | Daily Reflections
The selection of Matthias to replace Judas in Acts 1:15-26 shows that bishops are not “successors” to the Twelve Apostles. Although “the phrase is too well attested to be rejected now,” if it is “used without care for the finer distinctions, it may distort the...
by Lynne Marie | May 13, 2026 | Daily Reflections
When we first gave ourselves to God in Baptism, we either knew nothing about God (if we were baptized as infants) or we knew less than we know now. Every day we learn a little more, both by discipleship and by experience, about who God is, what the mystery of...
by Lynne Marie | May 12, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Acts 16: 22-34 reveals the pattern of evangelization again. First, there is pre-evangelization: an event that shocks, that raises a question. Here, it is not so much the earthquake itself as the fact that the prisoners did not leave. The jailer, impressed by all this,...
by Lynne Marie | May 11, 2026 | Daily Reflections
We could wonder what to meditate on in Acts 16: 11-15. All it seems to say is that Paul and his companions went to Philippi in Macedonia, part of modern Greece, to evangelize. They went down to the river to pray (and probably have a picnic), struck up a conversation...
by Lynne Marie | May 9, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Spirit of Christ, Spirit of Joy and Peace The Gift of the Spirit In Acts 8:5-17, the crown of conversion is the gift of the Holy Spirit. In Luke’s Gospel, the Holy Spirit brings about the conception of Jesus in Mary’s womb, and this gift distinguishes the baptism of...
