Jan 1, 2022 | Word Among Us
THE OCTAVE DAY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD; SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. Happy New Year! All of us here at The Word Among Us pray that God will shower you and your loved ones with many...
Dec 31, 2021 | Word Among Us
7TH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD The light shines in the darkness. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens wrote these famous words in 1859 as the opening to his novel A Tale of Two Cities, but they seem to encompass...
Dec 30, 2021 | Word Among Us
6TH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD Do not love the world. How curious that, during the season of Christmas, we read through the first letter of John! It’s curious because it is not directly connected with the images and story of Jesus’ birth. Yet...
Dec 29, 2021 | Word Among Us
5TH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD The Holy Spirit was upon him. Today our Gospel leaps ahead from Jesus’ birth to forty days later, when Mary and Joseph presented their firstborn to the Lord. Simeon surely saw many families at the Temple that day,...
Dec 28, 2021 | Word Among Us
THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS (FEAST) Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him. It’s only three days after Christmas, and already we are witnessing a violent reaction to Jesus’ coming. Even though Jesus is still a helpless, vulnerable child, he poses a...
Dec 27, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST) . . . so that you too may have fellowship with us. The Greek word for fellowship, koinonia, means participation in a life and a mission that knits people closely together. St. John, whose feast we celebrate today, knew how...
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