Jun 17, 2024 | Word Among Us
11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Offer no resistance to one who is evil. While so many of Jesus’ teachings in his Sermon on the Mount are challenging, the one from today’s Gospel may be the most challenging of all. How can we “offer no resistance” and stand idly by when...
Jun 15, 2024 | Word Among Us
COMMON OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Let your “Yes” mean “Yes,” and your “No” mean “No.” Has someone ever broken their word to you? Has someone’s lie given them an unfair advantage over you? Experiences like these can create deep wounds and make it...
Jun 14, 2024 | Word Among Us
10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The Lord will be passing by. Have you ever experienced the presence of God in nature? The majesty of the Grand Canyon, for instance, can awaken a sense of your own smallness and God’s infinite greatness. Indeed, God is present everywhere,...
Jun 13, 2024 | Word Among Us
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEM.) Climb up and look out to sea. Elijah had just summoned fire from heaven and routed the prophets of the pagan god Baal. But instead of fleeing immediately so as to avoid the wrath of the wicked Queen...
Jun 12, 2024 | Word Among Us
10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The Lord is God! Today’s first reading describes a contest of sorts between God’s prophet, Elijah, and a slew of prophets dedicated to the Canaanite god, Baal. In fact, the details of this “my-God-is-better-than-your-god” contest might...
Jun 11, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT BARNABAS, APOSTLE (MEMORIAL) The Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Barnabas, whose feast we celebrate today, was a pivotal figure in the early Church. In fact, without his ardent desire to share the...
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