May 27, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Today’s Gospel is a challenging one. Jesus encounters a young man who seems to be doing everything right. He knows and follows the...
May 25, 2024 | Word Among Us
ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE, PRIEST AND DOCTOR (OPT. MEMORIAL) People were bringing children to Jesus. We all know that family. Maybe we are that family—the ones who bring their restless, noisy kids to Mass. Or the ones whose inattentive teenagers make it clear that they...
May 24, 2024 | Word Among Us
7TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The two shall become one flesh. When Jesus talks about marriage in today’s Gospel, he reaches all the way back, beyond the Law of Moses, to the Book of Genesis. He tells some Pharisees that Moses permitted a bill of divorce, but that divorce...
May 22, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT RITA OF CASCIA, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Instead you should say, “If the Lord wills it, we shall live to do this or that.” James is giving some pretty pointed advice to his readers. He’s reminding them, and us, that no one is guaranteed tomorrow. We’re...
May 21, 2024 | Word Among Us
ST. CHRISTOPHER MAGALLANES AND COMPANIONS (OPT MEMORIAL) They had been discussing among themselves .. who was the greatest. Why were the apostles arguing about who was the greatest among them? After all, these twelve men had been chosen by Jesus to be his closest...
May 20, 2024 | Word Among Us
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) Behold, your mother. As a child, Florence felt her mother’s absence keenly. Her mom wasn’t physically absent, but she was emotionally unavailable. In fact, she often relied on Florence to help with the household...
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