Sep 22, 2023 | Word Among Us
25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation. Today seems to be “money day” in our readings! At the end of the first reading, St. Paul warns against falling into harmful desires, especially the desire to be rich (1 Timothy 6:9)....
Sep 21, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST) He said to him, “Follow me.” As he traveled from place to place ministering to people, Jesus one day passed by a customs post. There he saw Matthew collecting taxes. But instead of seeing a man most respectable Jews would...
Sep 20, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINTS ANDREW KIM TAE-GǑN AND PAUL CHǑNG HA-SANG (MEMORIAL) Wisdom is vindicated by all her children. Did you notice that there are two sets of children in this passage? First, there are the children who sit “in the marketplace” (Luke 7:32). Jesus uses this image to...
Sep 19, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT JANUARIUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Young man, I tell you, arise! The Gospels tell the stories of three different people whom Jesus raised from the dead: Lazarus (John 11:1-44); the young daughter of Jairus (Mark 5:22-43); and the son of the widow...
Sep 18, 2023 | Word Among Us
24TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority. Jane was frustrated with her boss and often complained about him to others. For as long as she had worked for him,...
Sep 15, 2023 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF SORROWS (MEMORIAL) Behold, your mother. Does it seem counterintuitive to celebrate the sorrows rather than the joys of our Blessed Mother? Yet there are good reasons to honor and venerate Mary under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows. Mary’s suffering shows...
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