Jun 25, 2020 | Word Among Us
12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He deported all Jerusalem. It must have been an exciting time for Jehoiachin. As the newly installed king of Judah, he had wealth and power at his fingertips—and he was only eighteen years old! Jehoiachin, also called...
Jun 24, 2020 | Word Among Us
THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST (SOLEMNITY) The Lord called me from birth. The Church has always seen today’s first reading (Isaiah 49:1 – 6), one of the four “Servant Songs” from the Book of Isaiah, as a foreshadowing of Jesus, the...
Jun 23, 2020 | Word Among Us
12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Enter through the narrow gate. Most of us have experienced it: you come home from the store, arms laden with shopping bags, and you have to jostle through an entryway that’s about two bags too narrow. Bumping, yanking,...
Jun 22, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINTS JOHN FISHER, BISHOP, AND THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? This image seems rather exaggerated. Obviously, we couldn’t imagine...
Jun 20, 2020 | Word Among Us
THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (MEMORIAL) Jesus remained behind . . . asking them questions. Did you know that Jesus asks more than three hundred questions in the Gospels? By contrast, he directly answers just a handful. That’s...
Jun 19, 2020 | Word Among Us
THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS (SOLEMNITY) If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. The flames depicted in images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are a beautiful illustration of Jesus’ burning love for us. ...
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