Father Mike Schmitz

Help us to be like him.

Thank you, Father.

We ask this in Jesus' name, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Here we are, Acts of the Apostles, chapter 28.

The conclusion, well, it's not really the conclusion of the story, but it is the conclusion of Luke's account of the story.

In fact, I have a good friend, his name is Father John Ricardo, and Father John Ricardo has a ministry called Acts 29.

And it's awesome, right?

Because it's the...

Here's what happens after Acts of the Apostles, chapter 28.

That's not the end of the church, right?

That's not the end of the gospel.

This Paul on the island of Malta is not the end of the gospel.

Paul in Rome is not the end of the gospel, but Acts chapter 29 is the next step.

And this is like, as the Lord hands on the baton to the apostles and the apostles hand on the baton to the next Christians, the next Christians here.

We are handed the baton as well.

And we have this last chapter of chapter 28 of the Acts of the Apostles as Paul not only gets to Malta.

I think here's a couple of things.

It's very small, but it's worth it.

Here they are shipwrecked on the island of Malta.