Readings: Revelations 11: 19A; 12: 1-6A, 10 AB; 1 Corinthians 15: 20-27; Luke 1:39-56Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sheryl Zabel On August 15th, we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and, in a sense, we are celebrating all women of faith. In today’s first reading from the Book of Revelation, there is a vision… read more →

Readings: 1 Kings 19:4-8; Ephesians 4:30-5:2; John 6: 41-51Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Susan K. Roll Since the start of the pandemic, food insecurity has become nothing less than catastrophic. Early on, volunteer workers in food banks noticed that those coming for food included not only people who had close to nothing, but well-dressed families driving… read more →

Readings: Exodus 16: 2-4, 12-15; Ephesians 4: 17, 20-24; John 6: 24-35Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sonja Livingston I have to confess that, like the Israelites grumbling in the desert, when my insecurities mount, I tend to focus on bread. I don’t mean the “true bread of heaven” described in John’s Gospel. I mean the bread… read more →

Readings: 2 Kings 4: 42-44; Ephesians 4: 1-6; John 6: 1-15Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Susan Howard When I was 18 I traveled to Europe with a girlfriend. It was one of those bootstrap wild and crazy trips that one never forgets. We had lodging and summer jobs in a little town in the Alps of… read more →

Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2: 13-18; Mark 6: 30-34Click here to download a PDF of the homily.Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz In a prayer attributed to the late Pedro Arrupé, SJ we read these words:Falling in love will decidewhat will get you out of bed in the morning,what you do with your evenings,how you spend your weekends,what you read, whom you… read more →

Readings: Amos 7:12-15; Ephesians 1: 3-14; Mark 6:7-13Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Susan K. Roll One wonderful result of the liturgical reforms from the Second Vatican Council is that Roman Catholics and mainline Protestants now share almost the same readings of the Word of God on the same Sunday, or at least the same Gospel. This… read more →

Readings: Ezekiel 2:2-5; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Mark 6: 1-6aClick here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Phyllis Tierney, SSJ Today’s readings are all about being a prophet. Our anointing at Baptism calls us to be “priests, prophets, and kings.” That all sounds special but wait a minute! Ezekiel, St. Paul, and even Jesus weren’t having a great time of… read more →

Readings: Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24; 2 Corinthians 8: 7,9,13-15; Mark 5:21-43Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Deirdre McKiernan-Hetzler In the first of our beautiful readings today, Wisdom tells us, “God created all things that they might have being, and the creatures of the world are wholesome…” God is present in all of creation. And we are invited to… read more →

Readings: Job 38:1, 8-11; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Irene Goodwin There is a folk tale about a snake who was on the way to an important conference. The snake came upon a very wide, deep crevice. The snake wondered how he would get to the other side. He noticed a bird… read more →

Readings: Ezekiel 17: 22-24; 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10; Mark 4: 26-34Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino Flourishing! I love that word! I love the way it feels in my mouth when I say it. Even more, I love what it means. Alive! Abundant! Thriving! Perhaps what I love most is this: it’s a true word… read more →