Sep 30, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JEROME, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) Into whatever house you enter, first say, “Peace to this household.” We all know how wonderful it feels to be around someone who is peaceful. Just as someone who is stressed can spread that stress to their...
Sep 29, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINTS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL, ARCHANGELS (FEAST) In the presence of the angels I will sing your praise. Why does the Church set aside a special feast day for the archangels? In a morning meditation on this day in 2017, Pope Francis provided an answer: “We...
Sep 28, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT WENCESLAUS, MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) We have heard that God is with you. Diane sat in her office so anxious about one of her children that it felt as if she was going to have a panic attack. She saw a coworker across the room who had shared with her about her...
Sep 27, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL, PRIEST (MEMORIAL) The one who is least among all of you is the one who is the greatest. St. Vincent de Paul, whom we celebrate today, liked to tell his followers, “Go to the poor. You will find God.” But Vincent knew that sometimes we can harbor...
Sep 24, 2021 | Word Among Us
25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Greater will be the future glory of this house than the former. Imagine how encouraged Zerubbabel and his companions must have been when they heard this prophetic word. After forty years of exile in Babylon, they had returned to a Jerusalem...
Sep 23, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT PIUS OF PIETRELCINA (PADRE PIO), PRIEST (MEMORIAL) He was greatly perplexed. Jesus had opened blind eyes, unstopped deaf ears, and mended lame legs. By doing all of this, he had fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy about the coming Messiah (35:4-6). Herod, a Jew, would...
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