Jun 4, 2020 | Word Among Us
9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The word of God is not chained As Paul sat in chains, he could have focused on how hopeless his situation seemed. But instead, he held on to hope—not the hope of being released, but hope in the power of the word of God. He...
Jun 3, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT CHARLES LWANGA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS (MEMORIAL) A spirit . . . of power and love and self-control . . . Do you ever feel a little anxious when you look at the state of the world? That’s probably how Paul’s young friend, Timothy, felt. It...
Jun 2, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINTS MARCELLINUS AND PETER, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Be eager to be found without . . . blemish before him. Nobody likes spots or blemishes. Think of how disappointed a car owner would be to find a scratch or dent in his vehicle. Or the anxiety...
Jun 1, 2020 | Word Among Us
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) The man called his wife Eve, because she became the mother of all the living. Any guesses why the first reading today (Genesis 3:9 – 15, 20), on the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, is the...
May 30, 2020 | Word Among Us
7TH WEEK OF EASTER Without hindrance he proclaimed the Kingdom of God. Paul was under house arrest. As he awaited his trial in Rome, he lived by himself with a soldier guarding him, and people continued to visit him (Acts 28:16). “Without hindrance,”...
May 29, 2020 | Word Among Us
7TH WEEK OF EASTER They had some issues with . . . a certain Jesus who had died but who Paul claimed was alive. If someone “can’t see the forest for the trees,” it means they are so involved in the details of a problem that they have lost sight of the...
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