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How to Proclaim the Faith

Bishop Robert Barron

April 30, 2023

Friends, for this fourth Sunday of Easter, we have a magnificent first reading from the Acts of the Apostles. It’s one of Peter’s great kerygmatic speeches—the kerygma means the basic proclamation of the faith—and a master class in evangelization. Christianity has become so commonplace for so many of us; we think being a Christian just means being a nice person. But listen now as this chief of the Apostles, this friend of Jesus, begins to preach with fire. This is the energy that should belong across the ages to Christian evangelical preaching!

Mass Readings

Reading 1 – Acts 2:14a, 36-41
Psalm – Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b4, 5, 6
Reading 2 – 1 Pt 2:20b-25
Gospel – Jn 10:1-10

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