Apr 20, 2021 | Word Among Us
3RD WEEK OF EASTER I am the bread of life. This past year has been difficult for many reasons, but one of the hardest things for Catholics has been our limited ability to receive Jesus in the Eucharist. At the beginning of the pandemic, many churches closed, and...
Apr 19, 2021 | Word Among Us
3RD WEEK OF EASTER You are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. At first glance, Jesus’ words to the crowd following him in today’s Gospel (John 6:22-29) seem perplexing, perhaps even a little harsh. The people had...
Apr 19, 2021 | Quote of the Week
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a...
Apr 17, 2021 | Word Among Us
2ND WEEK OF EASTER Jesus had not yet come to them. Many of us can feel that the disciples had it easier than we do. After all, Jesus was physically there with them. But today’s Gospel (John 6:16-21) seems to speak directly to all of us who live after Jesus’...
Apr 16, 2021 | Word Among Us
2ND WEEK OF EASTER A large crowd followed him. Who wouldn’t follow Jesus? He turned water into wine, healed the sick, and overturned tables in the Temple. He brought some excitement—and perhaps a bit of hope—into people’s lives. And so a young boy joined the crowd in...
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