Jun 23, 2020 | Word Among Us
12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Enter through the narrow gate. Most of us have experienced it: you come home from the store, arms laden with shopping bags, and you have to jostle through an entryway that’s about two bags too narrow. Bumping, yanking,...
Jun 22, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINTS JOHN FISHER, BISHOP, AND THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? This image seems rather exaggerated. Obviously, we couldn’t imagine...
Jun 20, 2020 | Word Among Us
THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (MEMORIAL) Jesus remained behind . . . asking them questions. Did you know that Jesus asks more than three hundred questions in the Gospels? By contrast, he directly answers just a handful. That’s...
Jun 19, 2020 | Word Among Us
THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS (SOLEMNITY) If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. The flames depicted in images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are a beautiful illustration of Jesus’ burning love for us. ...
Jun 18, 2020 | Word Among Us
11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Hoping to help people who couldn’t hear well, Thomas Edison developed a device he called the megaphone. Based on an earlier instrument known as the “speaking trumpet,”...
Jun 17, 2020 | Word Among Us
11TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? From Esau and Jacob to the prodigal son, stories about inheritance run throughout the Scriptures. In this passage (2 Kings 2:1, 6 – 14), however, the focus is on a spiritual...
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