Jan 9, 2021 | Word Among Us
CHRISTMAS WEEKDAY Children, be on your guard against idols. Think about how close the apostle John was to Jesus. He lived with Jesus and ministered with him for three years. He was front and center for all of Jesus’ teachings. He sat beside him at the Last Supper...
Jan 8, 2021 | Word Among Us
CHRISTMAS WEEKDAY I do will it. Be made clean. It’s understandable to focus on physical healing when we read that Jesus healed everyone who came to him, including the leper in today’s Gospel (Luke 5:12-16). We ourselves have needed healing at one time or another;...
Jan 7, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT RAYMOND OF PENYAFORT, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Whoever loves God must also love his brother. Obeying God is so simple. You just have to love. Obeying God is so difficult. You always have to love. Clearly, the love John is talking about is more than an...
Jan 6, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT ANDRÉ BESSETTE, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) He got into the boat with them. Why does Mark say that the disciples “had not understood the incident of the loaves” (6:52)? They were with him when he multiplied the bread and the fishes. They even had a hand in...
Jan 5, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN NEUMANN, BISHOP (MEMORIAL) Let us love one another. Picture a comic strip in which Mom and Dad go out for the evening and leave their oldest child in charge of the younger ones. As they walk out the door, the kids smile pleasantly and wave good-bye. But...
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