Jul 14, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA, VIRGIN (MEMORIAL) Unless your faith is firm you shall not be firm! Today’s readings are filled with predictions of violence and disaster coming upon villages, towns, and entire kingdoms. In one way, it makes sense. In...
Jul 13, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT HENRY (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Most great love stories involve a lover making huge sacrifices for the sake of the beloved—crossing oceans, losing one’s reputation, forfeiting...
Jul 11, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT BENEDICT, ABBOT (MEMORIAL) I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?” Let’s try to put ourselves in Isaiah’s shoes. It seems that he was praying in the Temple when he received this amazing vision. So he was already a worshipper...
Jul 10, 2020 | Word Among Us
14TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I am sending you. . . . Do not worry. Jesus makes it clear: there are consequences to being sent out in his name. He tells his disciples that they will be handed over, persecuted, and rejected. But then he says something...
Jul 9, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT AUGUSTINE ZHAO RONG, PRIEST, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) My heart is overwhelmed, my pity is stirred. . . . For I am God and not man. Well, of course he’s God and not man—isn’t that obvious? Still, our ideas about God can be...
Jul 8, 2020 | Word Among Us
14TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME It is time to seek the Lord. Idolatry was everywhere. Israel had begun to place their faith in military strength and foreign alliances instead of trusting in God. At the same time, they began erecting altars and offering sacrifices...
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