Aug 15, 2022 | Quote of the Week
“The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals, he said, but that’s normal, because ‘a tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows.” ― Pope Francis
Aug 15, 2022 | Word Among Us
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (SOLEMNITY) The last enemy to be destroyed is death. There is so much to celebrate on this special day. We celebrate the fact that Mary’s life, which had been filled with so many challenges and so much suffering, ended so...
Aug 12, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Then I passed by and saw you. The images Ezekiel uses in today’s first reading are pretty shocking. Jerusalem like an abandoned baby lying in a pool of blood at the side of the road? The holy city acting...
Aug 11, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT CLARE, VIRGIN (MEMORIAL) . . . forgives . . . from [the] heart. It’s a familiar parable. A king forgives his servant a tremendous debt, just as God has forgiven us with his immeasurable mercy. And what is our “debt”? It’s the obedience and love we owe to our...
Aug 10, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT LAWRENCE, DEACON AND MARTYR (FEAST) Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies . . . If any of the apostles had understood that Jesus was speaking about his own death here, they would have been stunned. “How could dying make you even more fruitful?”...
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