Sep 29, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINTS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL, ARCHANGELS (FEAST) You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending. Jesus was shrewd. He could see that Nathanael wasn’t going to be easily convinced that he was the Messiah, let alone follow him. But he...
Sep 28, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT WENCESLAUS, MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Build the house that I may take pleasure in it. Building a house can be a long and arduous process. Some days are full of excitement, like the day the roof is completed. But for the most part, the process is marked by the...
Sep 27, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL, PRIEST (MEMORIAL) Our God has not abandoned us. The priest and scribe Ezra had plenty of reasons to be discouraged. Yes, by God’s grace, his people had been permitted to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple. The construction had been...
Sep 26, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINTS COSMAS AND DAMIAN, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The children of Israel . . . celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. Can you imagine being a member of the Church but not having access to a church? The sack of Jerusalem in the year 586 BC was a...
Sep 25, 2023 | Word Among Us
25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Take care, then, how you hear. When it comes to reading Scripture, it can be easy to miss an important teaching if we move on too quickly. Take today’s Gospel, for instance. Jesus said that our lives should be like a light set on a...
Sep 23, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT PIUS OF PIETRELCINA (PADRE PIO), PRIEST (MEMORIAL) As for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who . . . bear fruit. By this time in his ministry, Jesus was amassing quite a following. People flocked to see him as news of his mighty deeds and...
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