Nov 27, 2023 | Word Among Us
34TH OR LAST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME This poor widow put in more than all the rest; for . . . she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood. Whether we are considering giving away our money, our time, or our talents, a single question can paralyze us: “Will I...
Nov 24, 2023 | Word Among Us
ST. ANDREW DUNG-LAC, PRIEST, AND COMPAN., MARTYRS (MEMORIAL) All the people were hanging on his words. Jesus always seemed to draw crowds. Sure, some people hungered for his teaching and wanted to please God, but others came for less noble reasons. So when Jesus...
Nov 23, 2023 | Word Among Us
THANKSGIVING DAY (USA) Let everyone who . . . stands by the covenant follow after me! During the time of intense persecution under Greek rule in the second century BC, many Jewish people submitted to the king’s orders to adopt Greek customs. This involved abandoning...
Nov 22, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT CECILIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR (MEMORIAL) [God] will give you back both breath and life. The reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175–164 BC) was a time of terrible suffering for the Jewish people. Unlike his predecessors, Antiochus imposed Greek ways—and Greek idol...
Nov 21, 2023 | Word Among Us
THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (MEMORIAL) I will leave to the young a noble example. Eleazar was one of the leading teachers of the Law of Moses during a time of intense persecution of the Jewish people. A distinguished older man, he was revered by his...
Nov 20, 2023 | Word Among Us
33RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He kept calling out all the more. You may have heard the saying “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Sometimes people use it negatively, to point out someone who complains too long and too loudly. But normally, people just mean that if you...
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