May 18, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN I, POPE AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) You follow me. This wasn’t the first time Jesus had called Peter to follow him. Years ago, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, he called Peter and his brother, Andrew, to follow him wholeheartedly. That day they left...
May 17, 2024 | Word Among Us
7TH WEEK OF EASTER After Jesus had . . . eaten breakfast with them . . . The disciples had just finished a sunrise breakfast with Jesus. Now it was time for the risen Lord to take Peter aside for a private chat. The apostle must have wondered what the Lord would say...
May 16, 2024 | Word Among Us
7TH WEEK OF EASTER . . . that they may be one, as we are one. Did you know that Jesus prayed these same words twice in the same night? That’s how much he desired unity! Yesterday, we looked at this prayer in terms of our relationships with other people within our own...
May 15, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT ISIDORE (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Holy Father, keep them in your name . . . , so that they may be one just as we are one. When we are baptized into the body of Christ, we receive a new family, united in love with our heavenly Father. And in today’s Gospel, Jesus...
May 14, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT MATTHIAS, APOSTLE (FEAST) One of the men who accompanied us the whole time . . . The first time we hear of Matthias is when the apostles are considering who will take the place of Judas. Yet Matthias must have been a familiar face to the community of disciples....
May 13, 2024 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF FATIMA (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The Holy Spirit came upon them. “Holy what?” The disciples whom Paul encountered in Ephesus didn’t know there was a Holy Spirit, or even that Jesus was the Messiah. But when Paul shared the good news and prayed with them, their...
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