FIRST CHRISTIANS

St. Barnabas

In those days a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
The news about them reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem,
and they sent Barnabas to go to Antioch.

When he arrived and saw the grace of God,    Psalm 142
he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain
faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart,
for he was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit
and faith.