Mar 11, 2022 | Word Among Us
1ST WEEK OF LENT He shall surely live. Does this phrase from the prophet Ezekiel remind you of anything? In the opening pages of Scripture, we read about how God gave Adam and Eve freedom to eat from any tree in the Garden of Eden except one. They were forbidden from...
Mar 10, 2022 | Word Among Us
1ST WEEK OF LENT Ask . . . ; seek . . . ; knock. There are a lot of less than ideal things we do just to save time. Fast-food restaurants are convenient, but we know that they’re not as nutritious as a home-cooked meal. Speed-reading courses help us get through a...
Mar 9, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT FRANCES OF ROME, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Every man shall turn from his evil way. Imagine if the story of Jonah were to happen today. You could picture the prophet standing on a busy street corner preaching repentance, and instead of everyone ignoring him,...
Mar 8, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN OF GOD, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) This is how you are to pray. By teaching us the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus is offering us more than the right words to say. He is giving us the keys to a more intimate, fruitful, and fulfilling relationship with his heavenly...
Mar 7, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINTS PERPETUA AND FELICITY, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy. Doesn’t this command—to be holy as God is holy—sound impossible, and therefore a little frightening? We know that God is holy; we repeat it three times at every...
Mar 5, 2022 | Word Among Us
SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners? Imagine yourself at this banquet with Jesus. In fact, imagine that you are one of the “sinners” (Luke 5:30). Jesus sits down and starts asking you about yourself. As you listen to...
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