by Lynne Marie | May 16, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In Acts 18:23-28, we meet Apollos, a Jew who “knew only the baptism of John,” but was “well-versed in the scriptures, instructed in the Way of the Lord, spoke with burning enthusiasm, and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus.” When the Christian community...
by Lynne Marie | May 15, 2026 | Daily Reflections
What the Responsorial (Psalm 47) says is not always obvious: “God is king of all the earth.” But it is still true. The truth is, we see God’s will flaunted constantly—even by ourselves. The good he desires is not done. The evil he hates is inflicted on countless...
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...
