Jun 9, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT EPHREM, DEACON AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Then Tobit went back in, rejoicing and praising God with full voice for everything that had happened. Imagine two screens in front of you, one above the other. On the lower screen, you see your life as...
Jun 8, 2023 | Word Among Us
9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. It’s trendy these days to talk about bringing our “whole self” to work. Today’s Gospel invites us to have a slightly different...
Jun 7, 2023 | Word Among Us
9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME They neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven. The Sadducees probably didn’t expect this answer. After all, they were just testing Jesus. We’re told right away that they didn’t believe in the...
Jun 6, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT NORBERT, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Why are you testing me? Many people approached Jesus in the Gospels. They came from all walks of life: rich and poor, upper class and working class, clean and unclean. They also came for many different reasons. Some came for...
Jun 5, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT BONIFACE, BISHOP AND MARTYR (MEMORIAL) It is wonderful in our eyes. What a bold move! Jesus dares to recount for the chief priests and scribes their predecessors’ history of violently rejecting God’s servants, the prophets. It’s such a sad summary that it would...
Jun 2, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINTS MARCELLINUS AND PETER, MARTYRS (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. Have you ever heard of the “Court of the Gentiles”? It was the outermost court in the Temple in Jerusalem during Jesus’ time. That’s the place where...
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