Dec 30, 2022 | Word Among Us
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH (FEAST) Take care of your father when he is old. Doesn’t today’s first reading paint a beautiful picture of family life? Parents eagerly welcome their newborn baby into their hearts and home. They take care of that child’s...
Dec 29, 2022 | Word Among Us
5TH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD . . . awaiting the consolation of Israel. Have you ever noticed those people at the airport who hold up a sign with someone’s name on it? They are waiting for someone whom they have never seen to step off an...
Dec 28, 2022 | Word Among Us
THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS (FEAST) He . . . will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing. When he heard the news about a newborn king of the Jews, King Herod felt threatened. So he ordered the massacre of all boys in Bethlehem under the age of two...
Dec 27, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST) The Word of life . . . was made visible. How fortunate John was! The apostle and evangelist whose feast we celebrate today had personally seen, heard, and touched the Lord Jesus (1 John 4:1-4). He encountered the eternal God...
Dec 26, 2022 | Word Among Us
SAINT STEPHEN, THE FIRST MARTYR (FEAST) I see the heavens opened. It sure doesn’t take long, does it? We just celebrated the birth of Jesus yesterday, and today we read about the brutal death of St. Stephen, the first martyr. The Church hardly waits a day to show us...
Dec 24, 2022 | Word Among Us
4TH WEEK OF ADVENT (MASS IN THE MORNING) . . . to guide our feet into the way of peace. We all long to be at peace. Surely Zechariah pondered the promise of peace as he spent nine silent months alone with his thoughts. We know that because when Zechariah’s mouth was...
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