Mar 25, 2019 | Word Among Us
Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons Have you ever considered the similarities between the patriarch Joseph and Jesus? They’re uncanny, really. Both were beloved by their father. Yet both were betrayed by those closest to them. Both were stripped of their...
Mar 23, 2019 | Word Among Us
He is like a tree planted near running water This psalm can seem abstract and overly spiritual to us at first glance. How exactly can a man be like a tree? And how are we supposed to be “planted near running water”? Bible scholars would say the psalmist uses...
Mar 22, 2019 | Word Among Us
Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant Recently, a group of women began getting together to pray for their college-aged children. Things were going pretty well at the first gathering until one of the women inadvertently shifted the focus. ...
Mar 21, 2019 | Word Among Us
He was a righteous man That’s how we often think of St. Joseph, isn’t it? The righteous man who did not want to expose Mary—his pregnant spouse—to the shame of public scandal and punishment. According to Jewish betrothal customs, he and Mary were considered to be...
Mar 20, 2019 | Word Among Us
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful A young veterinarian was visiting a farm out in the country. He tried out a new treatment on a cow, and to his horror, the cow died a few days later. The farmer could have sued him and ruined his reputation in the...
Mar 19, 2019 | Word Among Us
Look up All three readings today urge us to do one thing: fix our eyes on heaven. In the first reading(Genesis 15:5), God told Abraham to look at the night sky. “Count the stars, if you can. Just so . . . shall your descendants be,” he promised (Genesis 15:5). ...
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