Sep 21, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST) Follow me. In today’s Gospel, we read about the day Matthew’s journey of discipleship began. Jesus called him away from his customs post, and Matthew did not delay. Abandoning his job, his livelihood, and his money,...
Sep 20, 2022 | Word Among Us
STS ANDREW KIM TAE-GǑN, PAUL CHǑNG HA-SANG, COMPANIONS (MEMORIAL) My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it. In yesterday’s Gospel reading, Jesus told us to take care how we hear (Luke 8:18). Today, Jesus tells the people that his...
Sep 19, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT JANUARIUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Take care, then, how you hear. While volunteering at a summer camp for hearing-impaired children, a man saw a ten-year-old boy receive a new, more advanced hearing device. When the boy heard distinct sounds for...
Sep 17, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT ROBERT BELLARMINE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The first man, Adam, became a living being, the last Adam a life-giving spirit. God certainly had lofty plans for men and women! Just think about our first parents. When God breathed life into Adam, he rose from the dust of...
Sep 16, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINTS CORNELIUS, POPE, AND CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYRS (MEMORIAL) Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, . . . provided for them. We don’t know much about Joanna, but we can glean a few things from today’s Gospel. It’s likely that she was well-off. Her husband,...
Sep 15, 2022 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF SORROWS (MEMORIAL) Standing by the cross of Jesus . . . Today’s Gospel for the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows brings us right to the cross. There we see Mary grieving as her son suffers a slow and torturous death. We see her grappling with unthinkable...
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