Jun 3, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT CHARLES LWANGA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS (MEMORIAL) You . . . share in the divine nature. As a boy, José was fascinated with outer space—so much so that he dreamed of one day becoming an astronaut. But growing up as a child of migrant workers, his dream seemed...
Jun 1, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT JUSTIN, MARTYR (MEMORIAL) Wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. What is this “mercy” that Jude tells us to wait for? For Jude, it’s the mercy that will appear “in the last time,” when Jesus comes back to judge the living and the dead (18). It’s the mercy...
May 31, 2024 | Word Among Us
THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (FEAST) She entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. Why is it that Mary “set out . . . in haste” to see her older kinswoman (Luke 1:39)? She could have just sent a message. Nowadays, maybe a text with some...
May 30, 2024 | Word Among Us
8TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation, for you have tasted that the Lord is good. Just as each of us was born on a particular date, each of us was reborn the moment we were baptized. But that’s only the...
May 29, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT PAUL VI, POPE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) You were ransomed from your futile conduct. What do you think of when you hear the word “ransomed”? You might imagine an action movie in which someone is kidnapped and held prisoner until their captors receive payment for their...
May 28, 2024 | Word Among Us
8TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The last will be first. We all have areas of our lives that frustrate us: the way we can’t stop yelling at our kids, that chip on our shoulder that we can’t seem to get rid of, or that sinful habit that we can’t seem to overcome. We might...
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