Oct 16, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE, VIRGIN (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. What does Jesus mean here? How is blasphemy against the Spirit an unforgivable sin? Let’s think about this. First, we know that God is above...
Oct 15, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT TERESA OF JESUS, VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed. When reading today’s Gospel (Luke 12:1-7), we often emphasize what Jesus says about God’s tender care and concern for even the minutest aspect of...
Oct 14, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT CALLISTUS I, POPE AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. So just how did these scholars of the law take away the “key of knowledge” (Luke 11:52)? If we look at the rest of this Gospel passage,...
Oct 13, 2021 | Word Among Us
28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The kindness of God would lead you to repentance. Paul’s descriptions of God’s judgment in this passage might leave us shaking in our boots. He certainly painted a serious picture for the Romans! They had been condemning other people when...
Oct 12, 2021 | Word Among Us
28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME As to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you. A Pharisee invited Jesus to his home for dinner but was scandalized when Jesus failed to observe the prescribed hand-washing ritual. Jesus responded with some...
Oct 11, 2021 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN XXIII, POPE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) This generation . . . seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. When we think of Jonah, what often comes to mind is a childhood tale of a man who spent time in the belly of a whale. Yet we know...
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