Sep 28, 2019 | Word Among Us
Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr (Optional Memorial) He will dwell among you. Have you ever heard of a chancel lamp? It’s that lantern or candle in a church that tells us that Jesus is present in the tabernacle. You might think it was developed as a kind of...
Sep 27, 2019 | Word Among Us
Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest (Memorial) Who do you say that I am? At airports, at doctor’s offices, when cashing a check—so often we are asked to produce our ID. We routinely present our driver’s license or some other form of identification without a...
Sep 26, 2019 | Word Among Us
Saints Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs (Optional Memorial) Some were saying . . . ; others were saying . . . ; still others, . . . Reports about who Jesus was were flying, and Herod was listening. But as so often is the case, the rumors caused only uncertainty by...
Sep 25, 2019 | Word Among Us
25th Week in Ordinary Time Mercy came to us from the Lord. Did you ever think that you had conquered a pattern of sin, only to find yourself falling back into it once again? Maybe you were finally getting control of your temper. But then you slipped...
Sep 24, 2019 | Word Among Us
25th Week in Ordinary Time I rejoiced because they said to me, “We will go up to the house of the Lord.” Psalm 122 is a “song of ascents,” one of fifteen psalms sung by Jewish pilgrims as they traveled to Jerusalem for the annual feast of Passover. ...
Sep 23, 2019 | Word Among Us
Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), Priest (Memorial) To anyone who has, more will be given. St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968), whose feast day is today, is one of the Church’s best-known saints. This Italian priest is revered as a...
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