Oct 24, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT ANTHONY MARY CLARET, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) He will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. Preparing for an important guest takes a lot of work, and not knowing when they will arrive only adds an extra layer of stress. It...
Oct 23, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN OF CAPISTRANO, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Abraham . . . was empowered by faith. When Paul was explaining to believers in Rome why faith was central to the Christian life, he reached back into Israel’s ancient past and presented the Jews’ greatest hero of...
Oct 20, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT PAUL OF THE CROSS, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) God credits righteousness apart from works. What makes us righteous before God? The Jews of Paul’s time insisted that it was adherence to the Mosaic law, including circumcision. But Paul was convinced that the only...
Oct 19, 2023 | Word Among Us
STS. JOHN DE BRÉBEUF, ISAAC JOGUES AND COMPANIONS (MEMORIAL) . . . justified freely by [God’s] grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus. There is no distinction, St. Paul tells us: “All have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). It might...
Oct 18, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT LUKE, EVANGELIST (FEAST) Luke is the only one with me. Paul and Luke were traveling companions who spent day after day on the road together preaching the gospel. It wasn’t an easy life, and as Paul notes in today’s first reading, some who had been with them on...
Oct 17, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, BISHOP AND MARTYR (MEMORIAL) As to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you. Appearances can be deceiving. What looks clean on the outside might actually be covering up some evil within. That’s what Jesus was...
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