Jan 25, 2020 | Word Among Us
The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle (Feast) You will be Jesus’ witness before all to what you have seen and heard. As we finish the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, you might wonder why we are celebrating the conversion of St. Paul. At first...
Jan 24, 2020 | Word Among Us
Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial) . . . that they might be with him. Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection was a seventeenth-century lay Carmelite who devoted his life to “practicing” the presence of God. In other...
Jan 23, 2020 | Word Among Us
Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr (Optional Memorial) . . . because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him. Reports of the healings in Capernaum had drawn a crowd—one so large that it threatened to crush Jesus. Without phones or newspapers,...
Jan 22, 2020 | Word Among Us
2nd Week in Ordinary Time Stretch out your hand. Instead of avoiding the religious leaders’ scrutiny, Jesus pushed forward. He invited the man with the disability to join him in the front of the synagogue and asked his detractors a pointed question: ...
Jan 21, 2020 | Word Among Us
Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr (Memorial) From that day on, the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David. Anointing was a common practice in ancient Israel. People often used perfumed oil to refresh themselves or to soothe and heal wounds. They also...
Jan 20, 2020 | Word Among Us
Saint Fabian, Pope and Martyr (Optional Memorial) New wine is poured into fresh wineskins. What’s new with you? That kind of question might make us uncomfortable. Does there need to be anything new with us? We might really appreciate the...
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