Aug 20, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT BERNARD, ABBOT AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) Wherever you go, I will go. So much loss! Naomi had lost her husband and two sons. And with the death of those sons, Orpah and Ruth had lost their husbands. Being practical women, Orpah and Naomi knew it was...
Aug 19, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN EUDES, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Many are invited, but few are chosen. “Don’t touch the stove; it will burn your fingers!” “Don’t cross the street until you look both ways.” Just as our parents gave us warnings to keep us safe, Jesus is giving us a warning...
Aug 18, 2021 | Word Among Us
20TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME They grumbled against the landowner. Teddy Roosevelt once said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Looking at today’s Gospel (Matthew 20:1-16), we can see a perfect example of just that phenomenon. The workers hired first were satisfied with...
Aug 17, 2021 | Word Among Us
20TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Many who are first will be last, and the last will be first. In a short story titled “Revelation,” renowned Catholic author Flannery O’Connor describes a self-righteous character who believes she is far superior, in God’s eyes, to people...
Aug 16, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT STEPHEN OF HUNGARY (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) They followed the other gods . . . and by their worship of these gods provoked the Lord. Today’s first reading (Judges 2:11-19) can be unsettling in the way it depicts God as showing righteous anger over his people’s...
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