Sep 22, 2021 | Word Among Us
25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He has given us new life to raise again the house of our God and restore its ruins. Ezra and the exiles had finally returned home to Jerusalem. But their city lay in ruins, and the Temple had been ransacked. Nehemiah had begun to rebuild the...
Sep 21, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST) Follow me. Years of scolding from angry or self-righteous neighbors could not move Matthew out of his Roman tax office. But then with just one word from Jesus, this tax collector left it all behind. Why such a drastic...
Sep 20, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINTS ANDREW KIM TAE-GǑN, PRIEST, PAUL CHǑNG HA-SANG, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS (MEMORIAL) He places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. Would you buy a brand-new lamp and place a bulb in it, only to then put it in a closet or store it in your...
Sep 17, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT ROBERT BELLARMINE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) . . . a morbid disposition for arguments and verbal disputes. You don’t have to look very far to find what St. Paul is talking about. Unhealthy interest in arguments? Verbal disputes that...
Sep 16, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINTS CORNELIUS, POPE, AND CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYRS (MEMORIAL) Do you see this woman? Whatever else you might say about Simon the Pharisee, in this story you have to admit that he wanted to get to know Jesus. Despite Jesus’ reputation among many of the religious...
Sep 15, 2021 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF SORROWS (MEMORIAL) Behold, your mother. If you enter St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican through the doors on the right, you won’t go far before you pass by one of the most beautiful, moving sculptures in Western art: Michelangelo’s Pietà. The sculpture...
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