Feb 10, 2020 | Word Among Us
Saint Scholastica, Virgin (Memorial) As many as touched it were healed. Jesus’ reputation for healing was spreading—so much so that people were bringing him the sick “to wherever they heard he was” (Mark 6:55). And even those who just touched the...
Feb 8, 2020 | Word Among Us
Saint Jerome Emiliani (Optional Memorial) Come away . . . and rest a while. The apostles have just completed a successful mission trip (Mark 6:12-13). Now Jesus tells them it’s time to rest. They need time alone, not only to rest their bodies, but...
Feb 7, 2020 | Word Among Us
4th Week in Ordinary Time The Lord forgave him his sins and exalted his strength. What a shining portrait Ben Sira, the author of Sirach, paints for us of King David! “As a youth he slew the giant and wiped out the people’s disgrace. . . . When he assumed the...
Feb 6, 2020 | Word Among Us
Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs (Memorial) . . . seated on the throne of his father . . . , with his sovereignty firmly established. In today’s first reading (1 Kings 2:12), King David gives Solomon counsel on how to be a good ruler and then...
Feb 5, 2020 | Word Among Us
Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr (Memorial) They took offense at him. So many miracles! In the previous chapter of Mark’s Gospel alone, we see Jesus walk into a cemetery and cause a legion of demons to fly out of a man (5:1-20). We see a woman touch...
Feb 4, 2020 | Word Among Us
4th Week in Ordinary Time The king was grieving for his son. The messenger who brought King David news of Absalom’s death thought he was delivering good news. After all, Absalom—David’s third son—had rebelled and tried to wrest the kingdom from his...
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