Readings: 1 Samuel 16: 1B, 6-7, 10-13A; Ephesians 5: 8-14; John 9: 1-41Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gloria Ulterino My husband and I are new to Netflix. So just recently we binged on all the episodes thus far of the “The Crown,” a story of the British monarchy in the 20th century. The acting is… read more →

Readings: Exodus 17:3-7; Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8; John 4: 5-42Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz “Come see a man who told me everything I have done.” With these words, the unnamed “woman at the well” begins her ministry of evangelization. As I have pondered these words, I wonder if I would have done… read more →

Readings: Genesis 12: 1-4A; 2 Timothy 1: 8B-10; Matthew 17: 1-9Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Kathi Piehler In this Sunday’s Old Testament reading, we hear the Lord speaking to Abraham. The Lord calls on him to “go forth.” What we don’t read in this particular passage is the next sentence in the scripture: namely that… read more →

Readings: Genesis 2: 7-9; Romans 5: 12-19; Matthew 4: 1-11Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Donna Ecker I heard a rumor about a reporter who was doing a story on the day-to-day operation of the Vatican. While Pope Francis was meeting with her, she asked him, “Holy Father, how many people work in the Vatican?” With… read more →

Readings: Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18; 1 Corinthians 3: 16-23; Matthew 5: 38-48Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Janet Korn The recent impeachment hearings made a travesty of the Constitution, of our supposed balance of power and of our quest for truth. These past weeks have been laden with accusations, snide remarks, judgments, truths and falsehoods, lies… read more →

Readings: Sirach 15:15-20; 1 Cor 2:6-10; Mt 5:17-37Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler “If you choose,” Sirach says, “you can keep the commandments…to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.” St. Paul says we are called to choose to live, not according to the wisdom of this age, but according to… read more →

Readings: Isaiah 58:7-10; 1 Corinthians 2: 1-5; Matthew 5: 13-16Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Joan Sobala One of the challenges to any preacher is how to offer a new insight into the Gospel of the day, especially when the text is very familiar. Today’s Gospel presents us with two such familiar sayings of Jesus:… read more →

Readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Susan K. Roll “They were called ‘Thunder Candles,’” the elderly Polish nun told me. “We would light them during a thunderstorm to pray for protection. These candles were blessed on February 2nd, the Feast of the Purification of Mary, the same time as the… read more →

Readings: Isaiah 8:23-9:3; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17; Matthew 4:12-23Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sheryl Zabel Today’s gospel—Matthew’s account of the start of Jesus’ public ministry—is so rich. It begins with Jesus’ move to Capernaum, in a region once occupied by the Assyrians. He was recalling a famous prophecy of Isaiah, that the people who walked… read more →

Readings: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6; 1 Corinthians 1: 1-3; John 1: 29-34Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Ruth Marchetti This move into Ordinary Time feels anything but ordinary. We live in extraordinary times with each day bringing astonishing shifts in normal weather patterns, frightening news of fragile international relations being negotiated through confrontation and bullying and increasing… read more →