Sep 30, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT JEROME, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) O Lord, you have probed me and you know me. Poor Job! After many chapters of justifying himself, arguing with his friends, and shaking his fist at God for treating him unfairly, he is reduced to silence. For his...
Sep 29, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINTS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL, ARCHANGELS (FEAST) You will see . . . the angels of God. This is a unique feast day! Feast days dedicated to saints naturally encourage us to examine the life of that saint and reflect on how we can follow their example in our...
Sep 28, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT WENCESLAUS, MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) How much less shall I . . . choose out arguments against him? Job is a blameless and upright man who fears God and always turns away from evil (Job 1:1). Yet he’s suffering—and he wants to know why. Job is angry that God...
Sep 26, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINTS COSMAS AND DAMIAN, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) My servant Job, . . . blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil. We’ll be spending the next week reading from the Book of Job. When we are introduced to Job today, God describes him as a beloved servant,...
Sep 24, 2022 | Word Among Us
COMMON OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY . . . before the evil days come. Qoheleth, the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes, would probably have appreciated these verses from the seventeenth-century poet Robert Herrick: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still...
Sep 23, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT PIUS OF PIETRELCINA (PADRE PIO), PRIEST (MEMORIAL) Who do the crowds say that I am? If you asked ten people on the street who Jesus is, you would probably get fifteen different answers! Some might say he is a historical figure. Others might call him a moral...
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