Oct 23, 2024 | Word Among Us
Saint John of Capistrano, Priest (Optional Memorial) . . . to distribute the food allowance at the proper time. The master of the house will return at an unexpected time, Jesus warns. So a wise servant will make sure he is doing what he is supposed to be doing when...
Oct 22, 2024 | Word Among Us
Saint John Paul II, Pope (Optional Memorial) . . . a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Scripture often reminds us that we are the “dwelling place of God” (Ephesians 2:22). We may think of this exclusively in terms of the Spirit living in each individual believer....
Oct 21, 2024 | Word Among Us
29th Week in Ordinary Time One’s life does not consist of possessions. Of all the tools we use to evaluate people, measuring them according to their wealth is one of the more dehumanizing ones. We even use terms like “net worth,” as if money equals dignity! That’s...
Oct 19, 2024 | Word Among Us
Sts. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions (Memorial) Do not worry. Fr. Walter Ciszek (1904–1984) was a young Jesuit priest who eagerly wanted to be a missionary to Russia. He had heard Jesus’ promise that the Spirit would give him the right words in times of...
Oct 18, 2024 | Word Among Us
Saint Luke, Evangelist (Feast) Say to them, “The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.” Who were the seventy-two disciples whom Jesus sent ahead of him to every town and place he planned to visit? Of the four Gospel writers, only St. Luke, whose feast we celebrate today,...
Oct 17, 2024 | Word Among Us
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr (Memorial) The scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him. Have you ever experienced someone judging you harshly or treating you with hostility because of the way you live your faith? Maybe a relative...
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