Jun 2, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINTS MARCELLINUS AND PETER, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Are you not misled because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? Jesus had just foiled an attempt by some Pharisees and Herodians to trap him, and now he has to deal with an absurd situation...
Jun 1, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JUSTIN, MARTYR (MEMORIAL) Your true character is finally showing itself! Most scholars believe that the Book of Tobit, which we’ll follow in our Mass readings this week, is a collection of stories from ancient folk literature. So why is it part of our Bible?...
May 31, 2021 | Word Among Us
THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (FEAST) How does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Mary had just discovered that she would bear God’s Son. Yet instead of retreating in silence and solitude to contemplate this miraculous event,...
May 29, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT PAUL VI, POPE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I sought wisdom openly in my prayer. If you wanted to define wisdom, you might say that it’s the knowledge of how to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord. But attaining wisdom is no easy task, as today’s first reading...
May 28, 2021 | Word Among Us
8TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He went over to see if he could find anything on it. What’s with the fig tree anyway? Here Mark is building up to the climax of his Gospel (Mark 11:11-26): Jesus’ passion, and he interrupts it with a fig tree—not once, but twice! Why would...
May 27, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) He kept calling out all the more. It was not unusual for Bartimaeus to sit begging at the roadside. But today was different. He heard a large crowd. What was going on? The healer Jesus of Nazareth was passing...
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