Apr 27, 2021 | Word Among Us
4TH WEEK OF EASTER If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. The Jews of Jesus’ time had an idea of what their Messiah would do when he showed up. He would expel their foreign occupiers, rule as king, and bring peace to the whole world. Sounds great, right? No wonder...
Apr 26, 2021 | Word Among Us
4TH WEEK OF EASTER Peter began and explained it to them step by step. We all know what hindsight is: it’s a look in the rearview mirror, when we are able to make sense of a situation only after it’s already happened. It’s what Peter experienced as he looked back at...
Apr 24, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) This saying is hard; who can accept it? Imagine how shocking Jesus’ words must have been to the people who heard them. Do we really need to eat this man’s flesh and drink his blood (John 6:53)? Peter,...
Apr 23, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT GEORGE, MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) This man is a chosen instrument of mine. Ananias knew all about Saul of Tarsus, the zealous persecutor who posed a mortal danger to him and his fellow Christians. Surely God couldn’t be asking Ananias to seek Saul out and pray...
Apr 22, 2021 | Word Among Us
3RD WEEK OF EASTER Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. When was the last time you cried out to God with joy? A wedding or a birth? Recovery from an illness? A long-awaited reunion with a loved one? These are all perfect occasions for some joyful crying out....
Apr 21, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT ANSELM, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Philip went down to the city of Samaria. Philip was preaching the good news—in Samaria, of all places! To understand how radical that would have been in Jesus’ time, we need some context. The rupture...
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