Jun 28, 2024 | Word Among Us
ST IRENAEUS, BISHOP, MARTYR AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, led into exile the last of the people remaining in the city. The people of Jerusalem had lost everything. Besieged by invading armies, they were starving, with no...
Jun 27, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA, (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew. As we do from time to time, we wanted to share a reader’s testimony for today’s meditation: “Today’s Gospel may seem like an unlikely reading for a wedding, but my wife...
Jun 26, 2024 | Word Among Us
12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The king made a covenant before the Lord that they would follow him . . . with their whole hearts and souls. King Josiah’s father and grandfather had set up altars to pagan gods throughout the nation of Judah and even practiced child...
Jun 25, 2024 | Word Among Us
12TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME He prayed in the Lord’s presence. The king of Assyria, Sennacherib, had already captured all the cities of Judah, and now he was ready to take Jerusalem. But before using his military might, he employed what we would call today...
Jun 24, 2024 | Word Among Us
THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST (SOLEMNITY) He was in the desert. God works powerfully in the desert. In the desert, God led his people out of slavery from Egypt. Stripped of food and shelter, the Israelites met their Lord, and he set them free (Exodus 14). In...
Jun 22, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINTS JOHN FISHER AND THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS (OPT. MEMORIAL) Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. In today’s Gospel, Jesus encourages his disciples not to worry about the essentials of life like food or clothing. “Seek first the Kingdom of God and his...
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