Oct 19, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINTS JOHN DE BRÉBEUF AND ISAAC JOGUES, PRIESTS, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS (MEMORIAL) We are . . . created in Christ Jesus for good works that God has prepared in advance. “God has a plan for your life.” It’s a phrase we hear all the time. But what does...
Oct 17, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, BISHOP AND MARTYR (MEMORIAL) The one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. Wait! Doesn’t God forgive all sins? Isn’t his mercy inexhaustible? Yes, he does, and yes, it is. So what is Jesus really saying? Pope...
Oct 16, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE, VIRGIN (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) . . . so that we might exist for the praise of his glory. Let’s spend some time taking this phrase apart. What does it mean to live for the praise of God’s glory? St. Irenaeus once said that “the...
Oct 15, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT TERESA OF JESUS, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) In love he destined us for adoption. Adoption in the ancient Middle East didn’t work quite the way it does in modern, first-world countries. In Greco-Roman culture, legal adoptions were almost...
Oct 14, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT CALLISTUS I, POPE AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The fruit of the Spirit . . . Isn’t the fruit listed here enticing? We all want more peace, patience, and self-control. But just as in nature, the fruit of the Spirit is the product of a long growth...
Oct 13, 2020 | Word Among Us
28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I will walk at liberty, because I seek your precepts. Wait a minute! Aren’t “precepts” the opposite of “liberty”? Doesn’t freedom mean doing whatever you please whenever you please, in defiance of rules and restrictions? Not...
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