April 27 - Monday of the 4th Week of Easter
(Acts 11:1-18; Ps.41:3,42:2-3,43:3-4; Jn.10:1-10 or Jn.10:11-18) "God has granted life-giving repentance even to the Gentiles." In his vision Peter sees "an object like a big canvas… lowered down to [him] from the sky by its four corners." Upon it he discerns "four-legged creatures of the earth, wild beasts and reptiles, and birds of the sky." Like Noah's ark it seems to contain all the animals upon it. But these animals he sees are not for the good Jew to eat: they are unclean. And so Peter protests when instructed to "slaughter, then eat." But he is assured (and three times), "What God has…
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