Jul 1, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT JUNÍPERO SERRA, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) They sell the just man for silver. Amos was a prophet who wasn’t afraid to confront those in power. An outsider from Judah who had originally worked as a sheep breeder, he was called by the Lord to prophesy to the...
Jun 29, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINTS AND PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES (SOLEMNITY) Glorify the Lord with me, let us together extol his name. This feast of the two great apostles, Peter and Paul, provides a shining illustration of how people who are very different can, as today’s responsorial psalm...
Jun 28, 2024 | Word Among Us
ST IRENAEUS, BISHOP, MARTYR AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, led into exile the last of the people remaining in the city. The people of Jerusalem had lost everything. Besieged by invading armies, they were starving, with no...
Jun 27, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA, (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew. As we do from time to time, we wanted to share a reader’s testimony for today’s meditation: “Today’s Gospel may seem like an unlikely reading for a wedding, but my wife...
Jun 26, 2024 | Word Among Us
12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The king made a covenant before the Lord that they would follow him . . . with their whole hearts and souls. King Josiah’s father and grandfather had set up altars to pagan gods throughout the nation of Judah and even practiced child...
Jun 25, 2024 | Word Among Us
12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He prayed in the Lord’s presence. The king of Assyria, Sennacherib, had already captured all the cities of Judah, and now he was ready to take Jerusalem. But before using his military might, he employed what we would call today...
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