Jul 22, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT MARY MAGDALENE (FEAST) Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark. Mary Magdalene, whose feast we celebrate today, had been living in torment. We know this because she is described as one of the Galilean women who had been...
Jul 20, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT APOLLINARIS, BISHOP AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus. The Pharisees in today’s Gospel were clearly disturbed by what they had just witnessed: Jesus had performed a healing on the Sabbath by restoring a man’s...
Jul 19, 2024 | Word Among Us
15TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I will make the shadow cast by the sun . . . go back the ten steps it has advanced. This is one of the more amazing miracles recounted in Scripture. To prove to Hezekiah that he would be healed, God made the sun go backwards! We might think...
Jul 18, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT CAMILLUS DE LELLIS, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) My yoke is easy, and my burden light. If you’ve ever worked with or observed oxen yoked together, then you can appreciate how uplifting and encouraging Jesus’ words are in today’s Gospel. A yoke is a sturdy wooden...
Jul 17, 2024 | Word Among Us
15TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME You have revealed them to the childlike. Did you know that St. John Vianney—the patron saint of priests—almost didn’t become a priest? People considered him unqualified for seminary, let alone the priesthood. But he proved the truth of...
Jul 16, 2024 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Jesus spoke very candidly about these cities just north of the Sea of Galilee. He had performed many miracles there, and yet nothing seemed to be changing. People remained...
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