Readings: Isaiah 63: 16B-17, 19B, 64: 2-7; 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9; Mark 13: 33-37Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Ruth Marchetti Two thousand and twenty years ago a young couple waited for the birth of their child. Like all parents, they were hopeful and expectant, despite the desperation of their poverty or the cruelty of the ruling… read more →
Readings: Ezekiel 34: 11-12, 15-17;1 Corinthians 15: 20-26, 28; Matthew 25: 31-46Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sr. Barbara Moore Our liturgical year is ending with a focus on “Kingship” and that seems so countercultural these days. I am always amazed by the attention the British Royal Family receives here in the States. I also sense that… read more →
Readings: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6: Matthew 25: 14-30Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sister Karen Dietz Sue Monk Kidd, in her book Dance of the Dissident Daughter asks the question: After you wake up, can you wake up anymore?” I thought of that quote as I prayed with St. Paul’s message to the… read more →
Readings: Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler How many of us are looking forward to the end of this pandemic? To returning to some semblance of normalcy? And it’s taking too long, isn’t it? Many of us have pandemic fatigue. Tempted to let our guard down. We weren’t… read more →
Readings: Revelations 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 John 3: 1-3; Matthew 5: 1-12AClick here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sonja Livingston By the time I attended Corpus Christi School in the 1980s, it was struggling to survive. Such struggling was not new to me. One of seven kids in a single-parent family, I spent my childhood in some of the… read more →
Readings: Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5C-10; Matthew 22: 34-40Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Brigit Hurley [Jesus] said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 45: 1, 4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-5B; Matthew 22: 15-21Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino Not to belabor the obvious, but: It’s election time! And today’s readings are exactly the ones we hear every 12 years just prior to a presidential election, (where the three-year liturgical cycle intersects with the four-year election cycle).… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 25:6-10; Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Matthew 11:1-14Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Irene Goodwin Mask required! This may be one of the few clothing restrictions we hear of today. Very rarely do we even hear that a tie and coat are required. Occasionally, in a beach town you will read shirt and shoes required. People attend… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7; Philippians 4: 6-9; Matthew 21: 33-43Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Margot Van Etten Oh, my. “He looked for judgment, but see, bloodshed! For justice, but look, the outcry!” Something is wrong: the cherished vineyard has produced strange, sour fruit. This morning I was talking with an old and wise man who for the… read more →
Readings: Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Teryle Watson My late husband Bill had two favorite one-liners that remind me of the story of the two brothers in the Good News for today. The first saying was, “talk is cheap,” and the second bit of wisdom was, “the proof is in the… read more →