MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021 FIRST READING "They could not resist the wisdom and the Spirit which made him speak" A Reading from the book of Acts of the Apostles (6, 8-15)

MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021 

FIRST READING 

"They could not resist the wisdom and the Spirit which made him speak" 

A Reading from the book of Acts of the Apostles (6, 8-15) 

In those days Stephen, filled with the grace and power of God, performed wonders and dazzling signs among the people. Then intervened some people from the synagogue called the Freedoms, as well as Cyreneans and Alexandrians, and also people from Cilicia and the province of Asia. They began to argue with Stephen, but could not resist the wisdom and the Spirit which made him speak. So they bribed men to say, "We heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God." They stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and seizing Stephen unexpectedly, brought him before the Supreme Council. They produced false witnesses, who said: “This individual never ceases to utter words against the Holy Place and against the Law. We heard him say that this Jesus, the Nazarene, would destroy the holy place and change the customs that Moses passed on to us. All who sat on the Supreme Council had their eyes fixed on Stephen, and they saw that his face was like that of an angel. 

The Word of the Lord.

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