Sep 11, 2020 | Word Among Us
23RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Remove the wooden beam from your eye. It might not be obvious, but the seemingly unconnected verses in today’s Gospel are all related. They all have to do with examining our consciences and confessing our sin. Jesus encourages...
Sep 10, 2020 | Word Among Us
23RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. Have you ever noticed how many action films focus on a hero overcoming a villain? For most of the movie, the hero suffers at the hands of the villain. Then, in the last act, the...
Sep 9, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT PETER CLAVER, PRIEST (MEMORIAL) Woe to you who are rich. Imagine you are a wealthy Jew listening to this small-town rabbi talk about the difference between being rich and being poor. Your crops are flourishing, your herds are increasing each year,...
Sep 8, 2020 | Word Among Us
THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (FEAST) All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said. If there’s one thing the genealogy in Matthew’s Gospel shows us, it’s how much care God took in bringing his plan of salvation to fruition! Just look...
Sep 7, 2020 | Word Among Us
23RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (LABOR DAY, USA) They became enraged and discussed together what they might do to Jesus. How is it that Jesus wasn’t afraid to do the things he did, including the healing in today’s Gospel (Luke 6:6 – 11)? Think of the level of...
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