Nov 20, 2023 | Word Among Us
33RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He kept calling out all the more. You may have heard the saying “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Sometimes people use it negatively, to point out someone who complains too long and too loudly. But normally, people just mean that if you...
Nov 17, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, RELIGIOUS (MEMORIAL) If out of joy in their beauty they thought them gods, let them know how far more excellent is the Lord than these. The children had been running races on the beach when a stranger asked if he could join in. They agreed,...
Nov 16, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT MARGARET OF SCOTLAND (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Wickedness prevails not over Wisdom. There are many synonyms for the word “wisdom”: intelligence, prudence, insight, and foresight, for example. But none of them quite capture the depth and value of the word. Think about...
Nov 15, 2023 | Word Among Us
ST. ALBERT THE GREAT, BISHOP AND DOCTOR (OPT. MEMORIAL) Where are the other nine? Why was Jesus so disappointed that nine out of the ten men he had cured of leprosy didn’t return to thank him? Jesus certainly didn’t need their gratitude. Perhaps it was because he had...
Nov 14, 2023 | Word Among Us
32ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME As gold in the furnace, he proved them. . . . In the time of their visitation they shall shine. Although the Book of Wisdom was written about fifty years before the coming of Christ, the author addressed concerns that we still face...
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