May 5, 2021 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK OF EASTER I am the true vine. Most of us are probably not experts in growing grapes. So a discussion of vines and branches, of pruning and bearing fruit, might seem far removed from our personal experience at first. But let’s take a few minutes to see what...
May 4, 2021 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK OF EASTER They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith. “Exhort.” It’s not the most common word used today, but exhortation is central to our calling as disciples of Christ. To exhort someone means to strongly...
May 3, 2021 | Quote of the Week
“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr.,
May 3, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES (FEAST) He appeared to me. We don’t know much about these two apostles, whose feast we celebrate today. We know that Philip came from Bethsaida, the hometown of Peter and Andrew. He appears a few times in the Gospels, such as when he...
May 1, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOSEPH THE WORKER (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these. In C. S. Lewis’ novel The Great Divorce, a man finds himself in the afterlife journeying toward heaven. Along the way, he encounters a...
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