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 →

Readings: Genesis 18: 20-32; Colossians 2: 12-14; Luke 11: 1-13Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Christine Nowak Kvam A few weeks ago, we bought a new-to-us car. Because my husband has more energy and patience than I do, he was making sure our two-and-a-half-year-old wasn’t using the crayons provided at the children’s table to color the sparkling… read more →

Readings: Genesis 18:1-10A; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10: 38-42Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Cathy Kamp The story of Martha and Mary in this week’s Gospel could not be more relevant for our times. Martha is “burdened with much serving,” so much serving that she feels the need to complain to Jesus about her sister, Mary, who is… read more →

We have this weekend the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. Readings: Deuteronomy 30: 10-14; Colossians 1: 15-20; Luke 10:25-37Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Barbara Moore RSM This parable is so very familiar that we can almost recite it from memory. Amy-Jill Levine invites us to try to hear this story through the ears… read more →

Readings: Isaiah 66:10-14c; Galatians 6:14-18; Luke 10:1-12,17-20Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler “Rejoice!” “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her!….Exult! Exult with her all you who were mourning over her.” “Thus says the Lord.” God is offering comfort and a promise of a new beginning to a people disheartened by years… read more →

Readings: 1 Kings 19: 16B, 19-21; Galatians 5: 1, 13-18; Luke 9: 51-62Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Nancy DeRycke I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get overwhelmed. Preparing today’s readings, I was overwhelmed. • Overwhelmed by the freedom we will celebrate on the 4th of July: Freedom we have as citizens won by the… read more →

Readings: Genesis 14:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Luke 9:11B-17Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz In my office there is a beautifully crafted matching chalice and paten gifted to me by two very special friends on the occasion of my Final Profession of Vows as a Sister of St. Joseph of Rochester in 1990. These… read more →