Jun 16, 2021 | Word Among Us
11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME God is able to make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, . . . you may have an abundance for every good work. Paul was collecting funds for the poor in Jerusalem from the churches he had founded, and he wanted the...
Jun 15, 2021 | Word Among Us
11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect. These may be among Jesus’ most challenging words. We know how difficult it is to love even those closest to us. So how can we even hope to love our enemies or pray for those who...
Jun 14, 2021 | Word Among Us
11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Now is the day of salvation. We human beings are prone to procrastinate, but that’s not God’s way. He revealed his name as I AM (Exodus 3:14)—not “I will be” or “I might be.” He lives with us in the present, doing his saving work right now,...
Jun 12, 2021 | Word Among Us
THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (MEMORIAL) His mother kept all these things in her heart. Today’s Gospel (Luke 2:41-51) reading makes it clear that whatever the Immaculate Heart of Mary means, it doesn’t mean that Mary was serene and untroubled. It...
Jun 11, 2021 | Word Among Us
THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS (SOLEMNITY) They will look upon him whom they have pierced. Today we celebrate the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion rooted in John’s Gospel, where blood and water flowed from Jesus’ side at his crucifixion. Gazing at the...
Jun 10, 2021 | Word Among Us
10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Whenever a person turns to the Lord the veil is removed. When a person’s face is veiled, a very essential part of them is hidden, a part that can reveal their thoughts or emotions. When Paul talks about the ancient Israelites’ hearts being...
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