TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021 FIRST READING "Some addressed themselves to people of Greek language to announce them the Good News" A Reading from the book of Acts of the Apostles (11, 19-26)

TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021 

FIRST READING 

"Some addressed themselves to people of Greek language to announce them the Good News" 

A Reading from the book of Acts of the Apostles (11, 19-26) 

In those days, the brethren, dispersed by the turmoil which occurred during the Stephen's affair, went as far as Phenicia, then to Cyprus and Antioch, without announcing the Word to anyone other than the Jews. Among them, there were some who were from Cyprus and Cyrene, and who, when they arrived in Antioch, also addressed themselves to the Greek-speaking people to announce them the Good News: Jesus is the Lord. The hand of the Lord was with them: a great number of people became believers and turned to the Lord. The news reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem, and Barnabas was sent to Antioch. When he arrived, seeing the grace of God at work, he was overjoyed. He exhorted them all to remain with a steadfast heart attached to the Lord. He was indeed a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and with faith. A large crowd clung to the Lord. Barnabas then went to Tarsus to seek Saul. Having found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they attended Church assemblies, educating large crowds. And it was in Antioch that, for the first time, the disciples received the name of "Christians". 

The Word of the Lord.

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