{"id":50323,"date":"2024-01-12T18:04:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T23:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=50323"},"modified":"2024-01-12T18:27:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T23:27:36","slug":"the-most-important-homily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-most-important-homily\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Important Homily","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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Even if we or an angel from heaven <\/span><\/strong>
\nshould preach to you a gospel <\/span><\/strong>
\nother than the one that we preached to you, <\/span><\/strong>
\nlet that one be accursed!<\/span><\/strong>
\n(Gal 1:8)<\/span><\/p>\n

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THEY<\/strong> spent three years at the feet of Jesus, listening carefully to His teaching. When He ascended into Heaven, He left them a “great commission” to “make disciples of all nations… teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you”<\/em> (Matt 28:19-20). And then He sent them the “Spirit of truth”<\/em> to infallibly guide their teaching (Jn 16:13). Hence, the first homily of the Apostles would no doubt be seminal, setting the direction of the entire Church… and world.<\/p>\n

So, what did Peter say??<\/p>\n

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The First Homily<\/h5>\n

The crowd was already “astounded and bewildered,” since the Apostles had emerged from the upper room speaking in tongues[1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. The Gift of Tongues <\/em><\/a>and More on the Gift of Tongues<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span>