Sharing the Word

Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius February 14, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 Human sinfulness persisted. Human beings were continuously and almost universally decadent. God became disgusted with what he had created and planned to wipe ...

Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time February 13, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 4:1-15, 25 These early chapters of Genesis record the growth of evil in creation. First it is Adam and Eve seeking to take over ...

Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time February 11, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 3:9-24 Sin has consequences. One is the inclination to deny responsibility: “She made me do it.” Another is a different relationship between man and ...

Memorial of Saint Scholastica February 10, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 3:1-8 Now comes evil. Humans find themselves attracted by the prospect of unlimited knowledge. They want to assume mastery over their own destiny. After their decision to assume ...

Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time February 9, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 2:18-25 The second creation narrative continues. So far the only human has been “the man” whom God put in charge of things. Now God ...

Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time February 8, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17 Genesis now gives us another version of the creation narrative. This second version expresses some of the implications of man being created ...