Sharing the Word

Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time July 28, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Exodus 20:1-17 God gives his law to his people soon after they get out of Egypt. This is not just to keep them in order, ...

Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time July 27, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b Moses had now led the Israelites to the foot of Mount Sinai, and instructed them to prepare themselves for the coming ...

Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary July 26, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Exodus 16:1-5, 9-15 The Lord had been taking good care of the Israelites. First of all, he delivered them from their ...

Feast of Saint James, Apostle July 25, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Today is the feast of St. James “the Greater,” so called because he followed Christ before the other apostle of the same name, and was ...

Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time July 24, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Exodus 14:5-18 Today’s reading is about power. There is the power of the Egyptians–the greatest military force in the world of that time. The Egyptians ...

Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene July 22, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: John 20:1-2, 11-18 Saint John says that St. Mary Magdalene went to the tomb of Jesus on that first Easter morning alone “while it was still dark” and ...