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 →
Readings: Isaiah 42: 1-4,6-7; Acts 10: 34-38; Matthew 3: 13-17Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Susan K. Roll If you were to visit Israel today, especially with a tour group that arranges visits to sites meaningful to Christians, you yourself could be baptized in the Jordan River. While scholars believe that Jesus was baptized by his… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3: 2-3a, 5-6, Matthew 2: 1-12 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli Haven’t we all from time to time gazed up at the stars? They appear brighter away from city lights or during the dark winter evenings when the earth is farthest from the sun. I ponder how ships… read more →
Readings: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Colossians 3: 12-21; Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Deni Mack The Holy Family fleeing to Egypt is frightened. Two thousand years later we may overlook their fear because we know the rest of the story: King Herod did not find the child Jesus and so did not… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; Romans 1: 1-7; Matthew 1: 18-24Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Cathy Kamp What if the story of Mary and Joseph had turned out differently than the Scripture stories we hear in Advent? We have reflected on the Annunciation of Mary on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception when Mary was told: Do… read more →