Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Second Sunday of Easter, Year C

April 24, 2022

Comments by John Fairless

Acts 5:27-32
I love the contrary nature of the gospel. By that, I mean the way that it seems to do exactly what its “enemies” don’t want it to do, which is spread. 

The high priest of Israel — a man whose heart was firmly fixed in what he was sure was a defense of the faith of his fathers — tells Peter and the gang that they MUST …