May 17, 2021 | Word Among Us
7TH WEEK OF EASTER The Holy Spirit came upon them. “Holy what?” The disciples whom Paul encountered in Ephesus didn’t know there was a Holy Spirit, or even that Jesus was the Messiah. But when Paul shared the good news and prayed with them, their eyes were opened to...
May 15, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT ISIDORE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) For the Father himself loves you. At every Mass, the priest introduces the Our Father by noting that we can “dare” to offer this prayer because Jesus himself has instructed us to. It is, after all, a little bold to address the...
May 14, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT MATTHIAS, APOSTLE (FEAST) The lot fell upon Matthias. Peter was in a bind. It wasn’t clear who should replace Judas Iscariot as the twelfth apostle. He needed someone who had been with Jesus from the beginning and who could be a “witness to his resurrection”...
May 13, 2021 | Word Among Us
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD (SOLEMNITY) You will grieve, but your grief will become joy. The apostles were probably confused when Jesus told them that their grief would turn to joy (John 16:20). After all, he had just informed them that he would soon be leaving them...
May 12, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINTS NEREUS AND ACHILLEUS, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The Spirit of truth . . . will guide you to all truth. Today’s Gospel reading (John 16:12-15) comes from Jesus’ Last Supper discourse to his disciples. It seems that John wanted to capture as much of Jesus’...
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