Mar 25, 2022 | Word Among Us
THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD (SOLEMNITY) Hail, full of grace! With these words, the angel Gabriel greets Mary. Interestingly, the Greek word that we translate as “hail” could just as easily be translated as “Rejoice!” Can’t you imagine Gabriel telling Mary, “Rejoice!...
Mar 24, 2022 | Word Among Us
3RD WEEK OF LENT Harden not your hearts. “Is my heart hard or soft?” That can be a difficult question to answer, mainly because it seems so black-and-white. We can wonder if we’ve become like the Israelites in the first reading: a “nation that does not listen to the...
Mar 23, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT TURIBIUS OF MOGROVEJO, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I have come . . . to fulfill. Many of the Jewish religious leaders believed that Jesus was rejecting the Law of Moses. They attacked him for healing on the Sabbath and for not always observing the prescribed...
Mar 22, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT PATRICK, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) We are reduced, O Lord, beyond any other nation, . . . because of our sins. Are you wondering what Azariah, the speaker in today’s first reading, was doing in the middle of a fire? Also known as Abednego, Azariah was one of...
Mar 21, 2022 | Word Among Us
3RD WEEK OF LENT If [he] had told you to do something extraordinary, would you not have done it? Naaman wasn’t an outcast. Despite his disease, he had met with the king of Israel, after all. So his “leprosy” was likely some other disfiguring skin condition and not...
Mar 19, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (SOLEMNITY) When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him. This Scripture passage shows us something very important about St. Joseph: he was quick to obey God’s will. He was ready to divorce Mary...
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