Take with you words, and return to the Lord.

Mar 8, 2024 | Word Among Us

SAINT JOHN OF GOD, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Take with you words, and return to the Lord.  “Talk is cheap.” “Names will never hurt me.” In a world where sayings like these are often thrown around, the prophet Hosea—who lived around 750 BC—tells us something very...

Whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Mar 7, 2024 | Word Among Us

SAINTS PERPETUA AND FELICITY, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Whoever does not gather with me scatters.  In today’s Gospel, Jesus drives out an evil spirit with great effect: a man previously unable to utter a word suddenly speaks freely. The crowds are amazed, but not...

Let our sacrifice be in your presence today.

Mar 5, 2024 | Word Among Us

3RD WEEK OF LENT Let our sacrifice be in your presence today.  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (also called Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael) were “in the fire,” but in a sense, so were all the exiles who were living in Babylon at the time (Daniel 3:25). Far from home,...

No prophet is accepted in his own native place.

Mar 4, 2024 | Word Among Us

SAINT CASIMIR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) No prophet is accepted in his own native place.  Jesus was back in his hometown, with people he had known from boyhood. He probably had memories of childhood games, prayers in the synagogue, and Shabbat celebrations. Given this shared...

He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.

Mar 2, 2024 | Word Among Us

2ND WEEK OF LENT He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. “Dad!” Chris looked up in surprise to find his son, David, calling him from a car window. Five years earlier, Chris had left his family without warning and ended up a poor homeless man living on the...

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