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Where’d Our Lord Go?
Thursday, May 14, 2026 Ascension of Our Lord Text: Acts 1:1–11 Link to Livestream Alleluia! Christ is risen! Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven?” This question that the two men, angels, ask the apostles at the…
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Modern Day Martyrs
St. Peter seems to be warning his readers in our Epistle reading today. He is writing to Christians in a pagan society who have been newly baptized as God’s own special people. They have been exhorted that they are now a royal priesthood and a holy nation in Christ through the faith that they have…
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Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Tells Your Story?
A popular musical ended with a song which asked, “Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Tells Your Story?” Today we examine the life, death, and witness of Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Stephen, whose name means crown was a Greek Christian who was appointed by the Church as a deacon to take care of the…