Jan 15, 2024 | Word Among Us
2ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins. In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees, along with some of John the Baptist’s disciples, are scandalized that Jesus’ disciples weren’t as rigorous in fasting as they were. How could people who...
Jan 12, 2024 | Word Among Us
1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Child, your sins are forgiven. Picture yourself in the crowd that day. You’ve heard about Jesus’ ability to work miracles—and now here he is. You make your way through the crowd to Jesus’ house and somehow find a spot just inside the door....
Jan 11, 2024 | Word Among Us
1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Let us fetch the ark. Raising children can be demanding at times. As a parent, you want to help them grow in virtue, but they just want their own way. You teach them to say “please” and to be polite, but they shout “please” like a magic word...
Jan 10, 2024 | Word Among Us
1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME They immediately told him about her. What’s the first thing you do when the going gets tough? Perhaps you sit down and try to think things through: What’s going on? What can I do about it? Or maybe you mobilize friends or just roll up your...
Jan 9, 2024 | Word Among Us
1ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME If you give your handmaid a male child, I will give him to the Lord. How do you talk to God? In today’s first reading, we see how Hannah prays. For years she has borne the sadness of infertility, along with the stigma that other people have...
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