May 12, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINTS NEREUS AND ACHILLEUS, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The Spirit of truth . . . will guide you to all truth. Today’s Gospel reading (John 16:12-15) comes from Jesus’ Last Supper discourse to his disciples. It seems that John wanted to capture as much of Jesus’...
May 11, 2021 | Word Among Us
6TH WEEK OF EASTER Grief has filled your hearts. Jesus had just told the disciples many distressing things, not only about his betrayal and execution, but also about the world’s hatred of him and of them. It was a lot of misery to absorb, and Jesus knew that their...
May 10, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT DAMIEN DE VEUSTER, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home. Let’s imagine St. Paul settling down for the night at Lydia’s house in Philippi. He and Silas had set out from Antioch intending to visit the...
May 7, 2021 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK OF EASTER I have called you friends. Have you ever thought about what it means to be a “friend of God”? Moses, who received the Ten Commandments, spoke to God “as a person speaks to a friend” (Exodus 33:11). Abraham was called a “friend of God” (James 2:23)...
May 6, 2021 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK OF EASTER God . . . bore witness by granting them the Holy Spirit. The elders of the Church had gathered in Jerusalem to discuss whether Gentile converts needed to be circumcised to be saved. The matter was causing confusion and division among the people. But...
May 5, 2021 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK OF EASTER I am the true vine. Most of us are probably not experts in growing grapes. So a discussion of vines and branches, of pruning and bearing fruit, might seem far removed from our personal experience at first. But let’s take a few minutes to see what...
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