Jan 1, 2024 | Word Among Us
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. From all of us at The Word Among Us, Happy New Year! We rejoice that you are beginning your year with God’s word and honoring Mary as the Mother of God. In today’s...
Dec 29, 2023 | Word Among Us
5TH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD He took him into his arms and blessed God. How many times have you heard the Christmas story or seen it acted out, whether by professional actors or children in makeshift robes? Every detail is so familiar that it...
Dec 28, 2023 | Word Among Us
THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS (FEAST) He is expiation for our sins. Today’s feast of the Holy Innocents pulls us up short. How could someone do such a horrific thing as to massacre all those innocent young boys? An atrocity of this magnitude exposes, in sharp relief,...
Dec 27, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST) What we have seen and heard we proclaim now to you. The apostle John, whose feast we celebrate today, begins his first letter by describing why he is able to proclaim the gospel to his readers and listeners: he has firsthand...
Dec 26, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT STEPHEN, THE FIRST MARTYR (FEAST) Stephen, filled with grace and power . . . As we continue to celebrate the great feast of Christmas, we aren’t just focusing on the actual circumstances that led to Jesus’ birth. The meaning of his Incarnation goes much deeper....
Dec 22, 2023 | Word Among Us
3RD WEEK OF ADVENT Now I . . . give him to the Lord. After praying so fervently for a son, why did Hannah then leave him at the Lord’s temple at Shiloh as soon as her prayers were answered? The obvious answer is that she had made a vow. In her desperation for a child,...
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