Jan 21, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT AGNES, VIRGIN AND MARTYR (MEMORIAL) His relatives . . . set out to seize him. This short Gospel passage highlights a shocking Gospel theme. Many of Jesus’ own relatives failed to grasp his identity as the Son of God. They saw him only as “the carpenter, the son...
Jan 20, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT FABIAN, POPE AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) [He] summoned those whom he wanted. At the creation of the world, God called things into existence: light, land, living creatures, and the rest. In today’s Gospel, Jesus begins to call his Church into existence in a...
Jan 19, 2023 | Word Among Us
2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME A large number of people came to him. Jesus is a rock star! At least, that’s how it seems in today’s Gospel. Of course, Jesus is about as different from a modern-day celebrity as you can get. He wasn’t interested in wealth or success. He...
Jan 18, 2023 | Word Among Us
2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He was also “king of Salem,” that is, king of peace. Who was Melchizedek? A “priest of God Most High,” he greeted Abraham with bread and wine after Abraham’s victory in battle (Genesis 14:18, 20). According to today’s first reading,...
Jan 17, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT ANTHONY, ABBOT (MEMORIAL) The sabbath was made for man. Jesus’ disciples must have been hungry, so as they walked through a field of grain, they picked the heads of the grain to eat. But some Pharisees objected. It was the Sabbath, and they considered it a...
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