The power of the Name of Jesus was first made manifest at the Gate Beautiful, where Peter and John encountered a man lame from birth. "Silver and gold have I none," Peter declared, "but such as I have give I thee." At the command to rise, the man’s ankles received strength, symbolizing the Church’s mission to heal a humanity crippled by sin.
On the fortieth day, from the heights of the Mount of Olives, the Lord lifted His hands and blessed them. As He was taken up into a cloud, the Apostles stood in "joyful sorrow," gazing into the heavens until two angels in shining raiment rebuked their stillness. "Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?" they asked, reminding the Church that the departure of the King was but the prelude to His return. Synaxarion Acts Part 1 [010027601906E000][v0][U...
When the day of Pentecost had fully come, the promise of the Father arrived with the sound of a rushing mighty wind. This was the reversal of Babel. Where once tongues were confused to scatter the proud, tongues of fire now descended to unite the humble. The power of the Name of Jesus was
This miracle, however, drew the ire of the Sanhedrin. The rulers of the earth took counsel against the Lord’s anointed, yet the Apostles replied with the definitive manifesto of the Christian conscience: "We ought to obey God rather than men." The Epilogue of Part I: The Growth of the Word As He was taken up into a cloud,
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