Jul 21, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. What a shame! Not even three months have gone by since God miraculously freed them from slavery, and the Israelites are complaining...
Jul 20, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT APOLLINARIS, BISHOP AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother. Is Jesus putting conditions on membership in his family? That’s what we might assume from this verse. And yet Jesus loves each...
Jul 19, 2021 | Word Among Us
16TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you. Jesus had performed many miracles right in front of them, but still these scribes and Pharisees continued to demand a sign from him to prove that he was the Messiah. They were so intent on seeking...
Jul 17, 2021 | Word Among Us
COMMON OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The time the children of Israel had stayed in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. Four hundred thirty years. That’s how long the Israelites had to wait before they could return home to the Promised Land. That’s more than 157,000...
Jul 16, 2021 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath. Do you know the very first thing that’s called “holy” in the Bible? It isn’t a place like a temple or a shrine, but a time. It’s the sabbath (Genesis 2:3). God made the sabbath holy so...
Jul 15, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT BONAVENTURE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) This is my name forever. “I am who am”—this is the phrase God used to reveal his name to Moses (Exodus 3:14). The original Hebrew, ehyeh asher ehyeh, is a wordplay that reflects the mysterious nature of...
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