The people were filled with expectation." That is how Luke described the excitement around John the Baptist. When do we experience such public emotion? Doesn't it seem easier to unite around something ...

“After they came to believe Philip, who preached the good news about God’s kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.” ...

“The people were filled with expectation.” That is how Luke described the excitement around John the Baptist. When do we experience that sort of public emotion? Doesn’t it seem easier to unite around ...

On the first day of Pentecost, St. Peter, filled with zeal after the Holy Spirit had fallen anew upon and indwelt the disciples, preached the Resurrection of Jesus: Acts 2:31-32 (RSV) “He [David] ...

Second, this reading has no explicit connection to the resurrection. Jesus doesn’t mourn or raise his cousin, John, from the dead like he does with Lazarus. Instead, Mark’s Gospel tells us that John ...