Nov 22, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT CECILIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR (MEMORIAL) Daniel was resolved. The people of God had been captured and handed over to a godless king. Now Daniel was among those selected to be trained to serve this king. The idea might have distressed him since the training would...
Nov 19, 2021 | Word Among Us
33RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME . . . a house of prayer, . . . a den of thieves. You’ve probably seen or heard about ticket scalpers. These are the people who stake out a spot near a sports stadium before a big game and hawk overpriced tickets to latecomers. It’s an...
Nov 18, 2021 | Word Among Us
(USA) SAINT ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE, VIRGIN (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) If this day you only knew what makes for peace. What heartache Jesus must have felt as he gazed upon Jerusalem! He knew that the beloved city of God’s people would ultimately face destruction because of...
Nov 17, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, RELIGIOUS (MEMORIAL) God did not make them out of existing things. It’s impossible to imagine what it must have been like to be the mother in today’s first reading (2 Maccabees 7:1,20-31). Her seven sons were threatened with death if they...
Nov 16, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT MARGARET OF SCOTLAND (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Zacchaeus . . . was seeking to see who Jesus was. At the high points in Jesus’ ministry, he was surrounded by large crowds of people. We can assume that many had heard about his deeds or listened to his preaching without...
Nov 15, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT ALBERT THE GREAT, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Lord, please let me see. Here is a story from a reader that relates to today’s Gospel reading (Luke 18:35-43): “We stood in the hospital room that dreary November day filled with doubt, fear,...
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