Feb 13, 2023 | Word Among Us
6TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. What a horrific scene! The first recorded sin after the fall of our first parents wasn’t just a little lie or a minor disagreement. It was murder. Even worse, it was brother turning against...
Feb 11, 2023 | Word Among Us
OUR LADY OF LOURDES (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) He will strike at your head. It had just happened. Adam and Eve had just disobeyed God and eaten of the forbidden fruit. As we saw in yesterday’s reading, they ended up hiding among the trees in the garden, trying to cover their...
Feb 10, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT SCHOLASTICA, VIRGIN (MEMORIAL) When they heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the garden . . . , the man and his wife hid themselves. How tragic! In the past, when the man and woman “heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the garden,” they...
Feb 9, 2023 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs. This Syrophoenician woman sure had some chutzpah! When Jesus seemed to refuse her request to heal her daughter, she wouldn’t have it. Perhaps she understood that Jesus...
Feb 8, 2023 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOSEPHINE BAKHITA, VIRGIN (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground. You might think the Bible is one book, and it is. But in another way, it’s like a library. Some books are historical narrative. Some are poetry. Some are wise...
Feb 7, 2023 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME You nullify the word of God in favor of your tradition. In today’s Gospel, some Pharisees and scribes ask what appears to be an innocent question: why did Jesus’ disciples eat with unclean hands? After all, Jewish tradition was clear about...
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