May 25, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT BEDE THE VENERABLE, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. Imagine how the disciples felt. Jesus’ words were puzzling—troubling, even. So many things they didn’t understand,...
May 23, 2020 | Word Among Us
6TH WEEK OF EASTER Paul . . . traveled . . . through the Galatian country and Phrygia. Whenever the Book of Acts starts listing places like “Phrygia” and “Achaia,” even the most stalwart among us have probably jumped to the next verse. But have you...
May 22, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT RITA OF CASCIA, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Your grief will become joy. Imagine that you were there in the upper room with the disciples. You have been with Jesus for years, and now he tells you that in a very short time, you will no longer see...
May 21, 2020 | Word Among Us
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD (SOLEMNITY) OR EASTER WEEKDAY You will see me. What a promise! Jesus was going to go away, but then he would come back, and the apostles would see him once more. These words must have brought them a great deal of comfort....
May 20, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT BERNARDINE OF SIENA, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Paul stood up at the Areopagus. Paul was standing in the center of the civilized world. The Areopagus was a hub of Greek social, cultural, and political life. People teemed in and around the...
May 19, 2020 | Word Among Us
6TH WEEK OF EASTER There was suddenly . . . a severe earthquake What do you think Paul and Silas were doing when that earthquake came and their shackles fell away? They were singing and praising God! Why, after having just been stripped and beaten,...
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