Jan 7, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT RAYMOND OF PENYAFORT, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Whoever loves God must also love his brother. Obeying God is so simple. You just have to love. Obeying God is so difficult. You always have to love. Clearly, the love John is talking about is more than an...
Jan 6, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT ANDRÉ BESSETTE, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) He got into the boat with them. Why does Mark say that the disciples “had not understood the incident of the loaves” (6:52)? They were with him when he multiplied the bread and the fishes. They even had a hand in...
Jan 5, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN NEUMANN, BISHOP (MEMORIAL) Let us love one another. Picture a comic strip in which Mom and Dad go out for the evening and leave their oldest child in charge of the younger ones. As they walk out the door, the kids smile pleasantly and wave good-bye. But...
Jan 4, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT ELIZABETH ANN SETON, RELIGIOUS (MEMORIAL) This is the spirit of the antichrist. Many have speculated over the centuries about the “antichrist,” referred to here and in several other places in John’s letters. But the word simply means someone who is opposed to...
Jan 2, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINTS BASIL THE GREAT AND GREGORY NAZIANZEN, BISHOPS AND DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) I am not the Messiah. Imagine how tempting it might have been! A delegation from Israel’s leaders come to John the Baptist and ask if he is a prophet or the promised...
Jan 1, 2021 | Word Among Us
THE OCTAVE DAY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD; SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD The Lord bless you and keep you! Happy 2021! All of us at The Word Among Us pray that this will be a year of great blessing for you. Today, as we begin with a clean slate, we hear...
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