Stones flew, but the loudest sound was mercy. We unpack Stephen’s fierce clarity before the Sanhedrin, his sweeping retelling of salvation history, and the charge of being “stiff‑necked” that still lands today. As a deacon formed in daily service, Stephen learned to die to himself long before he faced a hail of stones, which is why he could answer violence with forgiveness and truth with tenderness. That union of conviction and charity—rooted in the Eucharist—turns a courtroom into a pulpit a...
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Stones flew, but the loudest sound was mercy. We unpack Stephen’s fierce clarity before the Sanhedrin, his sweeping retelling of salvation history, and the charge of being “stiff‑necked” that still lands today. As a deacon formed in daily service, Stephen learned to die to himself long before he faced a hail of stones, which is why he could answer violence with forgiveness and truth with tenderness. That union of conviction and charity—rooted in the Eucharist—turns a courtroom into a pulpit a...
11 - Seeds of Faith: How the Early Church Began to Grow
The Catholic Accent Podcast
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4 weeks ago
11 - Seeds of Faith: How the Early Church Began to Grow
The most surprising thing about the early Church isn’t the miracles—it’s the ordinary courage that made miracles believable. We open the doors on a new studio and a bigger soundboard, then go smaller: how a handful of “stunned disciples” became a people who stunned society through prayer, tight-knit community, the Eucharist, and Scripture. No silver or gold, just the charity of presence and the strength to keep showing up. We walk through life after Pentecost, when the faith was illegal and ...
The Catholic Accent Podcast
Stones flew, but the loudest sound was mercy. We unpack Stephen’s fierce clarity before the Sanhedrin, his sweeping retelling of salvation history, and the charge of being “stiff‑necked” that still lands today. As a deacon formed in daily service, Stephen learned to die to himself long before he faced a hail of stones, which is why he could answer violence with forgiveness and truth with tenderness. That union of conviction and charity—rooted in the Eucharist—turns a courtroom into a pulpit a...
