Nov 3, 2017 | Word Among Us
Thank you, Father, for looking after my every need I will give you what is just. Let’s talk about justice. The landowner in Jesus’ parable promised to pay his workers what was just, but he seemed to break that promise at the end of the day. At least, that’s what...
Nov 2, 2017 | Word Among Us
Jesus, show me who could use a kind word today Keep the commandment without stain or reproach. No matter how easy or difficult his life was, Padre Pio, always tried to encourage the people he met. “Pray, hope, and don’t give up.” This was his constant motto, a...
Nov 1, 2017 | Word Among Us
We don’t know much about Joanna, but we can glean a few things. It’s likely that she was well-off. Her husband, Chuza, was Herod’s steward, which means he managed all of Herod’s assets and property—a well-paying, important job to be sure. Joanna seemed to be a...
Oct 31, 2017 | Word Among Us
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew. Matthew probably had a lot of things going through his mind when he saw Jesus pass by. Let’s imagine that internal conversation: “Oh no, he’s looking right at me. I’ve heard so much about this Jesus. People say he...
Oct 30, 2017 | Word Among Us
Have you noticed the word “beloved” in your Bible. The Church included a way of expressing Paul’s relationship with his young disciple, Timothy, as “beloved”. Timothy held a special place in Paul’s heart, more like that of “a child with a...
Oct 28, 2017 | Word Among Us
He stepped forward and touched the coffin. Caught doing something nice. So read the words on an award that teachers like to present to their students—an award given in the hope that the act of kindness being rewarded was a natural, rather than a solicited,...
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