Oct 5, 2020 | Word Among Us
BLESSED FRANCIS XAVIER SEELOS, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) When he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. In Jesus’ parable, the priest and the Levite passed by a man on the side of the road who had been robbed, beaten, and left for dead. We don’t...
Oct 3, 2020 | Word Among Us
COMMON OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rejoice because your names are written in heaven. How would you feel if you told a demon to literally go to hell—and he went? Things like that don’t happen every day! Now imagine how the seventy-two disciples in today’s Gospel...
Oct 2, 2020 | Word Among Us
THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS (MEMORIAL) Their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father. Jesus always had a soft spot for children—and they loved him as well. While his disciples thought he was too busy to bother with a group of...
Oct 1, 2020 | Word Among Us
ST. THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) My own eyes, not another’s, shall behold him. Was God punishing Job for his sins? That’s what Job’s friends told him. Why else, they reasoned, would he be in such torment? But...
Sep 30, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT JEROME, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) I could not believe that he would hearken to my words. Job was at the point of complete hopelessness when he uttered these words. Even if God should answer him, Job still wouldn’t believe that he...
Sep 29, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINTS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL, ARCHANGELS (FEAST) You will see greater things than this. Do you remember the first time you took a trip on an airplane? Most likely you were amazed when, as the plane took off, you saw the ground beneath you getting...
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