Aug 21, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT PIUS X, POPE (MEMORIAL) You will have treasure in heaven. Haven’t you felt it? That unsettled feeling, that dissatisfaction that asks, “Isn’t there something more?” The young man in today’s Gospel certainly did. His restlessness, his unsatisfied thirst led him...
Aug 19, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN EUDES, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Decide today whom you will serve. Joshua stood before the Israelites as they were about to settle in the Promised Land. Decades had passed since that pivotal day when God led them out of slavery in Egypt. But in a land...
Aug 18, 2023 | Word Among Us
19TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem Yesterday, today, and tomorrow. These are the only days that we read from the Book of Joshua at Mass. And a lot goes on in these three passages! Yesterday, Joshua led the...
Aug 17, 2023 | Word Among Us
19TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Not seven times but seventy-seven times. Jesus’ parable can be challenging, especially when we’ve been deeply hurt by someone and are still struggling to forgive them. It’s true, of course, that God has forgiven us such a large debt that we...
Aug 16, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT STEPHEN OF HUNGARY (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. Let’s face it: we all fall into sin. We all hurt each other. It’s just a fact of life in our fallen world. Nobody knows this better than Jesus. That’s because nobody has...
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