The Sanhedrin functioned as the court where Jewish religious disputes were settled. We hear in this Sunday’s first reading from the Acts of the Apostles how its members were none too happy that the apostles had ignored their wishesand “filled Jerusalem” with their teaching about Jesus. The White House and U.S. Defense Department have been hearing . . .

As he serves the apostles an early morning lakeside breakfast over a charcoal fire in this Sunday’s gospel, the risen Lord calls on Saint Peter to “feed my lambs,” and “tend my sheep.” Continuing the Petrine ministry today, Pope Francis was formally installed as bishop of Rome on Sunday and asked disaffected Catholics to return . . .

In this Sunday’s psalm mourning becomes dancing in the certainty of divine rescue. Catholic priest Emil Kapaun served as a military chaplain during the Korean War, caring for and sustaining his fellow soldiers who hoped for rescue during their imprisonment in a harsh POW camp. Kapaun, who died in the camp, was awarded posthumously . . .

The narrator of the Sunday reading from the Book of Revelation testifies to having “heard the voices of many angels … the living creatures and the elders . . . [who] cried out in a loud voice: ‘Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.’ ” As sirens wailed out across the land, the entire nation of Israel honored those slain . . .

“People are looking at me, and trying to figure out who I was. One of the actors came up and said, ‘Now, are you an extra for the wedding scene that is being shot?’"

Workers in seven of the 10 largest U.S. occupations typically earn less than $30,000 a year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These jobs include retail clerks, food prep workers, and cashiers.