Readings: Exodus 24: 3- 8; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Deni Mack Think for a moment of the time when you felt most alive in your faith. Was it when you held your newborn child? Was it when on retreat? Was it as you gave communion to a loved one? Any… read more →

Readings: Deuteronomy 4: 32-34, 39-40; Romans 8: 14-17; Matthew 28: 16-20Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sr. Barbara MooreIt almost feels like a liturgical high these past few weeks and months. We have experienced the death and resurrection, the explosive presence of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and today we celebrate the early church’s understanding of the… 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: Susan K. Roll Some years ago, when I was teaching college-level theology, I used to have great fun with this passage from Acts chapter 2. I would read it loudly, with vigor and increasing energy, “We are Parthians, Medes and Elamites, inhabitants… read more →

Readings: Acts 1: 1-11; Ephesians 4: 1-13; Mark 16: 15-20Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Christine Nowak Kvam At the time of his Ascension, Jesus gives his followers an enormously important charge: “You will be my witnesses.” Many of the earliest Apostles took on this responsibility by becoming missionaries (and according to Mark 15:17-18 apparently also invincible,… read more →

Readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Marlene Bessette I am not an English major, but “as” is a very versatile word. Apparently, it can be a conjunction, a preposition, an adverb or a noun. Who knew that “as” is also a type of Roman coin?In today’s gospel, we… read more →

Readings: Acts 9: 26-31; 1 John 3: 18-24; John 15: 1-8Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Cathy Kamp As we continue to reflect on the impact of the coronavirus on our lives, our faith and our ministries, the Fifth Sunday of Easter gifts us with Saul, the first letter of John, and Jesus’ discourse on the vine… read more →

Readings: Acts 4: 8-12; 1 John 3: 1-2; John 10: 11-18Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Nancy DeRyckeDid you ever find yourself saying: “I just wish someone would tell me what to do”? Whether it’s praying for the proverbial thunderbolt from heaven so there can be no mistake …or whether, when we’re tired or hassled, we just… read more →

Readings: Acts 3:13-15,17-19; 1 John 2:1-5a; Luke 24:35-48Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler Today’s gospel begins: “The two disciples recounted what had taken place on the way…” Whoa! On the way? To where? And what took place? Like many of the Scripture passages excerpted for Mass, this statement needs context. Clopas and another disciple… read more →

Readings: Acts 4: 32-35; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20: 19-31Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sr. Joan Sobala For Him, it didn’t have to be this way,Risen Christ that He was. He could have left His wounds in the tomb,Untreasured,His bloodStaining the stone andBurial wrappings. But Jesus’ woundsIn hands and feet and sideWere the embodiment ofThe compassion… read more →

Readings: Acts 10: 34a, 37-43; Colossians 3: 1-4; John 20: 109Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino “Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” And we respond: “I do, so help me, God.” These are familiar words, especially for any of us who have been on the witness… read more →