May 14, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT MATTHIAS, APOSTLE Matthias . . . was counted with the Eleven Apostles. When we think of Jesus traveling from place to place, we picture him surrounded by his twelve apostles. But we don’t often think about all the other people who also followed...
May 13, 2020 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF FATIMA (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Remain in me, as I remain in you Jesus uses the beautiful image of the vine and the branches to describe the way in which we are united with and depend on him. As the vine supports all its branches, his divine...
May 12, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINTS NEREUS AND ACHILLEUS, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The ruler of the world is coming If you want to understand this verse, it would be helpful to step back in time to the story of the Garden of Eden and the serpent’s conversation with Eve. “You...
May 11, 2020 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK OF EASTER The Holy Spirit . . . will . . . remind you of all that I told you. It’s so hard to remember everything we have to do! Thank goodness for reminders: alarms on our cell phones, a loved one’s gentle (or maybe not so gentle) prodding,...
May 9, 2020 | Word Among Us
4TH WEEK OF EASTER believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these. That’s quite a big promise! How could any of us possibly top Jesus’ works? Not to mention, what could possibly be a “greater” work than halting a...
May 8, 2020 | Word Among Us
4TH WEEK OF EASTER I am the way and the truth and the life. In 1654, Blaise Pascal, the famous mathematician, physicist, and writer, had a conversion experience that brought him back to his Catholic faith with renewed zeal. When Pascal died eight...
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