Readings: Isaiah 55: 10-11; Romans 8: 18-23; Matthew 13: 1-23Click here to download a PDF of the homily.Preacher: Nancy DeRycke Pay Attention! When I was in early teen years, my Dad and I were out for a ride. We were in his truck, coming home on a quiet road. He pulled over on the side of the road and said,… read more →
Readings: Zechariah 9: 9-10; Romans 8: 9, 11-13; Matthew 11: 25-30Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Cathy Kamp When I started preparing this reflection, I was feeling quite “burdened”—the word Matthew uses in this week’s Gospel as he quotes Jesus: “Come to me all you who labor and are burdened and I will give you rest.” During… read more →
Readings: 2 Kings 4: 8-11, 14-16A; Romans 6: 3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10: 37-42Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Kathi Piehler When I was growing up in the 1950s my family had a Sunday ritual—we would all go to Mass together, come home and my mother would cook an extra special breakfast. Then my mom would vacuum and… read more →
Readings: Jeremiah 20: 10-13; Romans 5: 12-15; Matthew 10: 26-33Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Ruth Marchetti It’s been four hundred years since the first Africans were sold as slaves in the colonies that would become the United States. For four hundred years, the dominant European, mostly Christian, culture has embraced the myth of superiority that justified… read more →
Readings: Deuteronomy 8: 2-3; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6: 51-58Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino This is my second try at a homily for this Feast. My first effort went something like this: we’re invited to a Feast, but we can’t go! We have to fast! The virtual celebrations that attempt to make up the… read more →
Readings: Exodus 34: 4B-6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13; John 3: 16-18Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz“God is merciful, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” “Encourage one another, live in peace and the God of love and peace will be with you.” “God did not send his son into the world… read more →
Readings: Acts 2: 1-11; 1 Corinthians 12: 3B-7, 12-13; John 20: 19-23Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sr. Joan Sobala I find it infectiously appealing when Pentecost falls during May, because May is dedicated to Mary—and Mary and the Holy Spirit are integral to our lives in Christ. This year, in particular, as we are “in pandemic… read more →
Readings: Acts 1: 12-14; 1 Peter 4: 13-16; John 17: 1-11AClick here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Susan Howard At the heart of today’s readings is the Glory of God and how God wants us to be in communion with that Glory. God’s glory is evident from the beginning, when out of chaos God crafted the earth, air,… read more →
Readings: Acts 8: 5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 3: 15-18; John 14: 15-21Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Margot VanEtten What a time we are living in! I daresay I echo most of us when I think to myself that this Eastertide feels like a prolonged Holy Saturday. Christ is indeed risen, but our joy is shadowed because… read more →
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 6: 1-7; 1 Peter 2: 4-9; John 14: 1-12Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sr. Barbara Moore Throughout John’s Gospel we find Jesus trying to explain who he is and what he values. This weekend, he shares a very expansive description of himself. “The way, the truth and the life” are general… read more →