Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This time of year, I really appreciate Saint Stephen. He's a top shelf saint. Even though he doesn't get a ton of space in Scripture, only a few chapters in the Acts of the Apostles, Stephen plays big, getting a chapter-length sermon whne others have …
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When your patron is a martyr, you know you’re in for a challenge. When that martyr mimics Jesus’s challenge to the religious leaders, well… Stephen and a scandalous gospelThe Feast of Stephen | Acts 6:8-7:2a,51c-60 Today we remember Stephen, who the author of Acts describes as “a man …