Feb 1, 2024 | Word Among Us
4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Jesus . . . gave them authority over unclean spirits. The British author C. S. Lewis once wrote, “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to...
Jan 31, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN BOSCO, PRIEST (MEMORIAL) Afterward, however, David regretted having numbered the people. Amidst life’s uncertainties, it’s natural to find yourself engaged in various forms of accounting: Do I have enough money? Enough friends? Enough clothes and...
Jan 30, 2024 | Word Among Us
4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured. So often, we judge by appearances. We focus on how people look and draw a conclusion about their need for God. We even think about ourselves in a similar way! In today’s Gospel, the two people...
Jan 29, 2024 | Word Among Us
4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Go home to your family. In the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey grows up with dreams of leaving his hometown of Bedford Falls to become an architect in a big city. But a series of circumstances keeps him rooted in his small town. It...
Jan 26, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINTS TIMOTHY AND TITUS, BISHOPS (MEMORIAL) Bear your share of hardship for the Gospel with the strength that comes from God. Today we celebrate the memorial of two faithful servants of the gospel: Sts. Timothy and Titus. Paul wrote affectionately about both men, and...
Jan 25, 2024 | Word Among Us
THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE (FEAST) Paul addressed the people in these words. Did you know that today’s first reading is one of three accounts of Paul’s conversion in the Book of Acts? The first, in Acts 9:1-22, describes the event itself. The other two...
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