Dec 8, 2022 | Word Among Us
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Hail, full of grace! What kind of greeting was that? The angel Gabriel didn’t call Mary by name—at least not at first. Instead, he called her “full of grace,” kecharitomene in Greek. And this unusual title left...
Dec 7, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT AMBROSE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. When we’re feeling burdened by the demands of life, we might look at Jesus’ words here as an invitation to a life of comfort and ease, a...
Dec 6, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT NICHOLAS, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) He rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. If you were to make a list of the areas in your life that you needed to work on, how long would it be? Would it dwarf a list of the areas you are doing...
Dec 5, 2022 | Word Among Us
2ND WEEK OF ADVENT Streams will burst forth in the desert. Have you ever been really thirsty? Perhaps you drained your water bottle during a long hike and found nowhere to refill it. Or maybe a violent storm cut off the water supply to your home. Whatever the problem,...
Dec 2, 2022 | Word Among Us
1ST WEEK OF ADVENT On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book. Picture yourself as a first-century resident of Bethlehem. You’ve heard some amazing gossip lately about the promised Messiah. People are saying that a child has been born in your town, and that...
Dec 1, 2022 | Word Among Us
1ST WEEK OF ADVENT Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the Kingdom of heaven. We all know that talk is cheap. If our actions don’t back up our words, our words don’t mean much. So when we say, “Jesus is Lord,” we have to back it up by the way we...
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