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The Next Generation is Here
In this text in Acts 1, we have what many consider to be the first call meeting where the Church gathers to call a pastor. In this case, it is selecting an apostle to succeed Judas who betrayed Jesus. The lot is cast and Matthias replaces Judas. Peter stands up and tells the group, “You,…
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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…