May 19, 2020 | Word Among Us
6TH WEEK OF EASTER There was suddenly . . . a severe earthquake What do you think Paul and Silas were doing when that earthquake came and their shackles fell away? They were singing and praising God! Why, after having just been stripped and beaten,...
May 18, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN I, POPE AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Lydia . . . listened, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying. Something remarkable happens in today’s first reading (Acts 16:11 – 15). As Paul is preaching the...
May 16, 2020 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK OF EASTER They had been prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia. What should we make of something that seems like a good thing to us but doesn’t ultimately work out? Maybe a job promotion falls through...
May 15, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT ISIDORE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. It’s difficult to imagine how we could ever love one another the way Jesus loves us. How could divine love compare to the way we humans try to love one another? ...
May 14, 2020 | Word Among Us
SAINT MATTHIAS, APOSTLE Matthias . . . was counted with the Eleven Apostles. When we think of Jesus traveling from place to place, we picture him surrounded by his twelve apostles. But we don’t often think about all the other people who also followed...
May 13, 2020 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF FATIMA (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Remain in me, as I remain in you Jesus uses the beautiful image of the vine and the branches to describe the way in which we are united with and depend on him. As the vine supports all its branches, his divine...
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