May 18, 2019 | Word Among Us
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father When you were a child, someone may have told you, “You’re the spitting image of your dad.” Or “Your eyes remind me so much of your mother’s.” Or maybe you heard “You have your father’s laugh” or “You have your mother’s...
May 17, 2019 | Word Among Us
I am going to prepare a place for you A teenage girl who was the youngest of eight children had waited for years to have a room of her own. For her sixteenth birthday, her busy mom secretly sewed a beautiful comforter with matching curtains. When the girl arrived...
May 16, 2019 | Word Among Us
If one of you has a word of exhortation for the people, please speak Similar to our celebration of the Mass, Jewish synagogue services in Jesus’ time included readings from the Scriptures followed by a homily. Usually, the rabbi or one of the elders spoke, but he...
May 15, 2019 | Word Among Us
The Holy Spirit said . . . A famine had spread across the land, and the Christians in Antioch were concerned about their fellow believers in Jerusalem. So they raised some money and commissioned Barnabas and Paul to bring it to them (Acts 11:27-30). Their “relief...
May 14, 2019 | Word Among Us
May another take his office You probably know the story in today’s first reading (Acts 1:20) already. Jesus had chosen twelve apostles, a way of mirroring and fulfilling the role of the original twelve tribes of Israel. But when Judas betrayed him and then took...
May 13, 2019 | Word Among Us
To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life Imagine if you were to ask Peter what was the most pivotal moment of his life with Jesus. Maybe it was the act of faith we hear in today’s Gospel (John 6:68). Or was it when he made the whopping catch of fish...
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