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For 18 May 2009, Monday of 6th week of Easter, based on Acts 16:11-16

We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.


Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

About Ms Barbara Pegg OP

I am part of a Dominican group in Raleigh, NC, a mother, mother in law, a grandmother. I left inner city parish ministry after 23 years to work in campus ministry at UNC, Chapel HIll. Much of my time is spent working with intergenerational small faith groups in scripture and in retreats with students.