Sep 9, 2024 | Word Among Us
Saint Peter Claver, Priest (Memorial) He realized their intentions. Sometimes it’s helpful to use our imagination and picture ourselves in a Gospel scene. Let’s try this with today’s Gospel. You have come to get a glimpse at this Jesus, whom you have heard so much...
Sep 7, 2024 | Word Among Us
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary When ridiculed, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we respond gently. From the beginning of his letter, St. Paul has been addressing the Corinthians’ divisiveness. Evidently, some of them thought they were better...
Sep 6, 2024 | Word Among Us
22nd Week in Ordinary Time No one pours new wine into old wineskins. When wine is first pressed, it continues to expand. In Jesus’ day, that meant it needed to be kept in a supple, flexible wineskin so that it had plenty of room to keep expanding. In a similar way,...
Sep 5, 2024 | Word Among Us
22nd Week in Ordinary Time At your command I will lower the nets. Have you ever felt that no matter how hard you are working, you never seem to be getting anywhere? Many of us juggle work, family life, volunteer responsibilities, and more, and we can sometimes feel...
Sep 4, 2024 | Word Among Us
22nd Week in Ordinary Time God caused the growth. By “human standards,” the believers in Corinth weren’t especially “wise” or “noble” or “powerful” (1 Corinthians 1:26). But despite their lower standing, they had become “enriched in every way, with all discourse and...
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