Oct 28, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, APOSTLES (FEAST) He chose Twelve. If you made a movie about the life of Jesus, you know who would have the starring roles. In addition to Jesus, the actors playing Peter, John, and Judas would get top billing. But the actors playing some...
Oct 27, 2021 | Word Among Us
30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness. What good news! God doesn’t expect us to know how to pray on our own, and neither does he expect us to do his will on our own. That’s why he gave us his Holy Spirit—to aid us in our weakness. How...
Oct 26, 2021 | Word Among Us
30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. “Grow the kingdom of God in just fifteen minutes a day!” Even though that headline sounds like it belongs in a grocery-store tabloid magazine, it captures the point behind...
Oct 25, 2021 | Word Among Us
30TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Woman, you are set free of your infirmity. A woman racked by arthritic pain struggled to get dressed and out the door on time for her prayer group at church. The pain was nothing new—she had endured it for many years—so she was determined to...
Oct 23, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN OF CAPISTRANO, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) [God] will give life to your mortal bodies . . . through his Spirit that dwells in you. Living a life that pleases God can seem as unattainable as that box of crackers on the top shelf at the grocery store. Try as...
Oct 22, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN PAUL II, POPE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Why do you not know how to interpret the present time? Carpe diem; seize the day! In literature, film, even advertising, this well-known phrase exhorts us to take hold of life with passion. Make the most of today since...
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