Aug 4, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN VIANNEY, PRIEST (MEMORIAL) They are too strong for us. The Israelite scouts were afraid—and who could blame them? Although they had returned from spying out the Promised Land with their arms weighed down with luscious fruit, their hearts were weighed down...
Aug 3, 2021 | Word Among Us
18TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Please, not this! Pray, heal her! Isn’t it remarkable how Moses reacted to the envy of his sister, Miriam, and his brother, Aaron? They had used his marriage to a Cushite woman against him as a pretext for their own ambitions. But instead...
Aug 2, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT EUSEBIUS OF VERCELLI, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) We see nothing before us but this manna. Can a miracle ever become ordinary? The answer is probably yes and no. For example, think about today’s first reading (Numbers 11:4-15). For more than a year, God had been...
Jul 31, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, PRIEST (MEMORIAL) It shall be a jubilee for you. The Jubilee that Israel celebrated every fifty years was a wonderful time of restoration. Debts would be forgiven, confiscated property would be returned to its original owner, slaves would be...
Jul 30, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT PETER CHRYSOLOGUS, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Is he not the carpenter’s son? Can’t you just imagine their eyes rolling and the incredulous tone in their voice? These Nazarenes had known Jesus and his family—and their familiarity led them...
Jul 29, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINTS MARTHA, MARY, AND LAZARUS (MEMORIAL) I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God. Have you ever heard of the phrase “no holds barred”? Taken from the world of professional wrestling, it means that there are no kinds of holds or other...
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