Mar 24, 2020 | Word Among Us
4TH WEEK OF LENT Do you want to be well? In the Bible, we see people who are suffering from all sorts of ailments and diseases and are seeking out Jesus for healing. But where are the people asking Jesus to heal them of their sins? Yes, our physical...
Mar 23, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT TURIBIUS OF MOGROVEJO, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I am about to create new heavens and a new earth. For most of us, the word “new” stirs up some excitement. A new season, a new job, a new outfit—such things evoke feelings of anticipation and...
Mar 21, 2020 | Word Among Us
3RD WEEK OF LENT . . . to those who were convinced of their own righteousness. St. Teresa of Ávila taught that the virtue of humility is best understood as true knowledge: to see yourself as you really are, neither too high nor too low. If you have...
Mar 20, 2020 | Word Among Us
3RD WEEK OF LENT To love [God] with all your heart, . . . and to love your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. When you hear Jesus say these words, you might wonder, “Isn’t Lent all about making sacrifices, like...
Mar 19, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (SOLEMNITY) Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, . . . decided to divorce her quietly. As we ponder today’s Gospel passage (Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24), let’s think about what Joseph could have...
Mar 18, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT CYRIL OF JERUSALEM, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I have come not to abolish but to fulfill So just how does Jesus fulfill the Law of the Old Testament? Today’s first reading gives us a clue. Moses reminds the Israelites that...
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