Readings: Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4; 2 Timothy 1: 6-8, 13-14; Luke 17: 5-10Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Joan Sobala There has never been a time since I first came across the prophet Habakkuk that I have not been moved by the passages we are given in today’s liturgy: How long, O Lord? I cry for… read more →

Readings: Amos 6: 1A, 4-7; 1 Timothy 6: 11-16; Luke 16: 19-31Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Margot Van Etten Two images from Facebook … A small sixteen-year-old girl stands in front of the high and the mighty at the United Nations and passionately denounces their failure to act, their fixation on “money and the fantasy… read more →

Readings: Amos 8:4-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Barbara Moore RSM Today’s Gospel is a fascinating story about a rich man’s steward who found himself in trouble. On one level he was abusing those over whom he exercised power. He may have been skimming off the top of their debts… read more →

Readings: Exodus 32:7-11,13-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler My first reaction to today’s Scriptures was that our God is a God of second chances! We were invited last week to choose to follow Jesus. To embrace costly discipleship. Today, our readings all reveal the costly love of our… read more →

Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18B; Philemon 9-10,12-17; Luke 14:25-33Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino It’s that time of the year again: kids returning to school, young adults off to college. Just the other day I sent a grandson off to his second year with “keep up the good work!” And a few more loving admonitions. I know… read more →

Readings: Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; Hebrews 12: 18-19, 22-24A; Luke 14: 1, 7-14Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Alana Schrader In today’s gospel, Jesus gives two sets of instructions, the first to those who have been invited, then the second to him who does the inviting. We need to see ourselves in each group. When Jesus… read more →

Readings: Isaiah 66: 18-21; Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13; Luke 13: 22-30Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli Over the last few weeks, Luke has presented an arduous road that Jesus has set before us. The parable of the master of the house tells us that “many” will be excluded from the Kingdom of God.… read more →

Readings: Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Hebrews 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Colleen Schantz It’s about hearing the invitation. Accepting the challenge. And knowing you might need to shake things up in order to get your message across. Sound familiar? A lot like Jesus and the first followers and the many after that. As we… read more →

Readings: Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19; Luke 12: 32-48Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Deni Mack When have you been led to a place, job, person or event that you now realize must have been God’s will for you? We have been told Abraham and Sarah obeyed God’s calling and went where God called them.… read more →

Readings: Ecclesiastes 2:21-23; Colossians3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sheryl Zabel Today’s excerpt from the Letter to the Colossians contains two interesting, and perhaps challenging, quotes. “Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.” “Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly…” In the current issue of National… read more →