Jul 26, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINTS JOACHIM AND ANNE, PARENTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The seed sown on the rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit. When he explains the parable of the sower to his disciples, Jesus makes it clear that the quality of...
Jul 25, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT JAMES, APOSTLE (FEAST) We are afflicted . . . ; perplexed . . . ; persecuted, but not abandoned. If today is the feast of St. James, why are we reading a passage from St. Paul? Perhaps it’s because this passage captures the life of every apostle—every follower...
Jul 24, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT SHARBEL MAKHLŪF, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you. Even before the beginning. That’s how far back God’s love for Jeremiah went. Before he formed the prophet, before he was even conceived,...
Jul 23, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT BRIDGET, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) . . . who does not persist in anger forever, but delights rather in clemency. Micah spent much of his prophetic career warning God’s people about the dire consequences that would come because of their disobedience. But...
Jul 22, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT MARY MAGDALENE (FEAST) Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark. Mary Magdalene, whose feast we celebrate today, had been living in torment. We know this because she is described as one of the Galilean women who had been...
Jul 20, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT APOLLINARIS, BISHOP AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus. The Pharisees in today’s Gospel were clearly disturbed by what they had just witnessed: Jesus had performed a healing on the Sabbath by restoring a man’s...
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