The Inner Word

17 Mar 2024

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

"Whoever serves me must follow me," says the Lord, "and where I am, there also will my servant be." Explore God's ways and your response to them. 

10 Mar 2024

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

God's love is on full display in today's readings. Though we fail time and again—"infidelity to infidelity," God continues to love, show mercy, and bless us abundantly.

3 Mar 2024

Third Sunday of Lent, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

We are given laws by one whose authority we accept in faith.  

25 Feb 2024

Second Sunday of Lent, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

Sacrificial love is the theme of today's readings. Explore the ways love and sacrifice have informed your own life.

18 Feb 2024

First Sunday of Lent, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

As we enter Lent, we focus our attention on our journey toward salvation: reexamining the covenant God made with his people and preparing ourselves for divine promises fulfilled.

11 Feb 2024

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

Today's readings explore different responses to human suffering: judgment or compassion.

4 Feb 2024

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

In Job we see our world-weariness; in Paul our faithfulness; in Peter's mother our gratitude.

31 Dec 2023

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

I once heard a family therapist say, “It is important for every family to get its saints out of heaven and its sinners out of hell.”

24 Dec 2023

Fourth Sunday of Advent, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

Today’s readings invite us to look at where God chooses to dwell. David, in his palace, feels remiss that he has not provided a suitable palace for God, rather than the tattered and worn tent covering the Ark of the Covenant.

17 Dec 2023

Third Sunday of Advent, Cycle B

What’s in your heart?

Some joy creeps into the readings this week. We are closer to the moment of Incarnation when God takes on a human identity, becomes flesh, and dwells among us.