Jan 8, 2024 | Word Among Us
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD (FEAST) He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. If you were standing in line at the River Jordan and heard John the Baptist say these words, what would you have thought? Perhaps you would have been confused—what did John mean? But what if you...
Jan 6, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT ANDRÉ BESSETTE, RELIGIOUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes? What do Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon have in common? They dedicated their lives to becoming “victor over the world” (1 John 5:5)....
Jan 5, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN NEUMANN, BISHOP (MEMORIAL) Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. John’s comparison of hatred to murder may sound a bit exaggerated, but somewhere inside us, we can sense there is some...
Jan 4, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT ELIZABETH ANN SETON, RELIGIOUS (MEMORIAL) What are you looking for? As followers of John the Baptist, Andrew and John had just heard their teacher testify to this new rabbi from Nazareth. Naturally, they were intrigued and wanted to learn more. But Jesus, a...
Jan 3, 2024 | Word Among Us
THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. What an amazing gift! God offers us the immense privilege of being children of God. Through Jesus, he has adopted us and made us his...
Jan 2, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINTS BASIL THE GREAT AND GREGORY NAZIANZEN I am the voice of one crying out in the desert. The Pharisees wanted to know if John the Baptist claimed to be the second coming of one of Israel’s great prophets. Maybe some of them were even aware of the angel’s promise...
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