May 28, 2018 | Word Among Us
They are your gift to me. Even though it’s May, try to imagine it’s Christmas Eve. A father sits by the Christmas tree, struggling to assemble a bicycle for his son. No parts are missing, but it takes work to fit them together. The tires need air. The frame of...
May 26, 2018 | Word Among Us
Your word is truth. In Scripture there are many hints at a secret password to God’s kingdom? First, Paul mentions a word that can “give you the inheritance,” but he doesn’t divulge what that word is. Then we find that this word resounds throughout the universe and...
May 25, 2018 | Word Among Us
I am not responsible for the blood of any of you. What a poignant meeting this must have been between St. Paul and the believers in Ephesus. He had lived and worked with them for three years, and they had become dear to his heart. But now he had come to say...
May 24, 2018 | Word Among Us
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you. Matthias must have felt doubly chosen by God. Being among the followers of Jesus who had been with him from the start, he likely heard the Lord say, “Come follow me.” Then he was chosen to replace Judas as one of...
May 23, 2018 | Word Among Us
This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven . . . Ascension of Jesus When we think of the ascension of Jesus, we often think about how marvelous it must have been to see him whisked away into the sky, heralded by angels and looked upon with awe by the...
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