Jul 25, 2022 | Quote of the Week
“Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.” ― Pope John Paul...
Jul 25, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT JAMES, APOSTLE (FEAST) Can you drink the chalice? Do you remember the story in Luke’s Gospel when James and his brother, John, asked Jesus a pointed question? It didn’t end well. Reacting to the way a village of Samaritans had rejected Jesus, they asked, “Lord,...
Jul 23, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT BRIDGET, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Reform your ways and your deeds. Picture someone crying out, “Repent!” at the door of the local Catholic church. “It isn’t Lent,” you might think. “Who is this stranger to tell me to change my life?” The Jews in Jerusalem...
Jul 22, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT MARY MAGDALENE (FEAST) Mary stayed. Mary Magdalene had shocking news: Jesus’ body was gone. Peter and John ran to the tomb to verify her report and then, discouraged (or afraid), trudged away. But Mary stayed. In her pain and disappointment, she didn’t waver...
Jul 21, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Why do you speak to the crowd in parables? The lost coin, the lost sheep, the prodigal son, the persistent widow: Jesus’ parables have become so ingrained in our memories that we...
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