Jul 9, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT AUGUSTINE ZHAO RONG, PRIEST, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master. Most of us—probably even you!—don’t like being told what to do. We resist even the idea of coming under someone’s authority. We...
Jul 8, 2022 | Word Among Us
14TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Take with you words, and return to the Lord. Why return to the Lord? Because we are sinners and we need his salvation. Because in him we find compassion. Because he promises to heal our infidelity and loves us unconditionally. Ultimately,...
Jul 7, 2022 | Word Among Us
14TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Most of us remember that moment when our parents turned the steering wheel over to us for the first time. We may have practiced for hours with them by our side, but now we...
Jul 6, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT MARIA GORETTI, VIRGIN AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Jesus sent out these Twelve. We might wonder how the experience of the Twelve applies to us today. Do we go into the streets and cry out, “The Kingdom of heaven is at hand”? Do we demonstrate God’s kingdom by...
Jul 5, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT ELIZABETH OF PORTUGAL (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) His heart was moved. As part of her medical treatment, a woman had to give herself daily injections. Beyond the pain and burning of the shots, she sometimes bled from the injection site for several minutes. One day she...
Jul 4, 2022 | Word Among Us
INDEPENDENCE DAY (USA) (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) An official came forward. . . . A woman . . . touched the tassel of his cloak. “Impossible” is the word for this Gospel account—impossible for a dead girl to live again, impossible for a hemorrhaging woman to be healed...
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