Sep 7, 2021 | Word Among Us
23RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He spent the night in prayer to God. This was a really busy day for Jesus, wasn’t it? He picked twelve apostles. Then he taught a large crowd. Then he healed all the sick in the crowd and cast out demons from them. And he did all this after...
Sep 6, 2021 | Word Among Us
LABOR DAY, USA I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake. Why did Paul rejoice in his sufferings? Not because of the suffering itself, of course, but because he was convinced that it had benefited the Colossians. And he was right! All of Paul’s labors and struggles...
Sep 3, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT, POPE AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) Christ Jesus is . . . Today’s lyrical hymn from St. Paul’s letter to the Colossians gives us a terrific launching point for pondering who Jesus is. Let’s take some of the verses and use them to lift...
Sep 2, 2021 | Word Among Us
22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME From the day we heard about you, we do not cease praying for you. Paul had probably never met the believers from Colossae, a town in modern-day Turkey. His coworker Epaphras likely planted the church and then recounted all that God had done...
Sep 1, 2021 | Word Among Us
22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME To the holy ones and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ . . . Holy and faithful! It sounds as if the Colossians were doing well. Like us, they had been baptized and were trying their best to live as disciples in a secular world. They...
Aug 31, 2021 | Word Among Us
22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME God did not destine us for wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. God is on our side. He sent Jesus to become one of us so that we could spend eternity with him. He has given us the grace of the Holy Spirit so that we...
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