Sep 21, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST) He said to him, “Follow me.” As he traveled from place to place ministering to people, Jesus one day passed by a customs post. There he saw Matthew collecting taxes. But instead of seeing a man most respectable Jews would...
Sep 20, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINTS ANDREW KIM TAE-GǑN AND PAUL CHǑNG HA-SANG (MEMORIAL) Wisdom is vindicated by all her children. Did you notice that there are two sets of children in this passage? First, there are the children who sit “in the marketplace” (Luke 7:32). Jesus uses this image to...
Sep 19, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT JANUARIUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Young man, I tell you, arise! The Gospels tell the stories of three different people whom Jesus raised from the dead: Lazarus (John 11:1-44); the young daughter of Jairus (Mark 5:22-43); and the son of the widow...
Sep 18, 2023 | Word Among Us
24TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority. Jane was frustrated with her boss and often complained about him to others. For as long as she had worked for him,...
Sep 15, 2023 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF SORROWS (MEMORIAL) Behold, your mother. Does it seem counterintuitive to celebrate the sorrows rather than the joys of our Blessed Mother? Yet there are good reasons to honor and venerate Mary under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows. Mary’s suffering shows...
Sep 14, 2023 | Word Among Us
THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS (FEAST) God greatly exalted him. As Catholics, we place crucifixes everywhere: around our necks, on the walls of our home, and above the altar of every church. But like any familiar object, we can get so used to seeing the image of...
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