PREACHING

March 31, 2019

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Paola

Piscitelli

May we be able to accept the embrace and words of the Father and may we witness the same welcome and joy to those who are excluded.

Paola

Piscitelli

May we be able to accept the embrace and words of the Father and may we witness the same welcome and joy to those who are excluded.
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March 24, 2019

Third Sunday of Lent

Kristin

Heyer

Responding to God’s prophetic call in Exodus often requires the mercy and patience God shows in Luke’s gospel—we are called not only to resist empire and release the captives, but also to bridge-build and forgive.

Kristin

Heyer

Responding to God’s prophetic call in Exodus often requires the mercy and patience God shows in Luke’s gospel—we are called not only to resist empire and release the captives, but also to bridge-build and forgive.
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March 17, 2019

Second Sunday of Lent

Sister Jane

Wakahiu, LSOSF

God meets us right where we are, and in the ordinariness of our own lives, but we too have a responsibility to pause, to listen, and to open our eyes to see what God is asking of us

Sister Jane

Wakahiu, LSOSF

God meets us right where we are, and in the ordinariness of our own lives, but we too have a responsibility to pause, to listen, and to open our eyes to see what God is asking of us
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March 10, 2019

First Sunday of Lent

Sheila

Kinsey, FCJM

We are to become the presence of God for others. In our lives, we will face temptations, but God is there to guide us so that we don’t fall into sin.

Sheila

Kinsey, FCJM

We are to become the presence of God for others. In our lives, we will face temptations, but God is there to guide us so that we don’t fall into sin.
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March 6, 2019

Ash Wednesday

Christine E.

Boyle

As I enter my forty day journey of Lent I am praying to discern a grace-led and grace-filled pathway forward. Discernment does not mean slow or passive acting; it means deliberately prayerful, and Spirit-led listening and action…

Christine E.

Boyle

As I enter my forty day journey of Lent I am praying to discern a grace-led and grace-filled pathway forward. Discernment does not mean slow or passive acting; it means deliberately prayerful, and Spirit-led listening and action…
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March 3, 2019

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jaclyn

Newns

We need to image God as a vine grower and gardener admiring us, proud of us. If we really believe that we are worthy of God delighting in us and rejoicing in us, then we have to delight and rejoice in ourselves - and each other.

Jaclyn

Newns

We need to image God as a vine grower and gardener admiring us, proud of us. If we really believe that we are worthy of God delighting in us and rejoicing in us, then we have to delight and rejoice in ourselves - and each other.
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February 24, 2019

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Rhonda

Miska

This Gospel challenges each of us, as it challenged the original listeners, to creative nonviolent resistance to injustice.

Rhonda

Miska

This Gospel challenges each of us, as it challenged the original listeners, to creative nonviolent resistance to injustice.
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February 17, 2019

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jennifer

Owens-Jofré

Let us become a people of radical Christian hope. Let us place our faith in the Kin-dom that is to come. Let us embrace our charge to partner with God in bringing that Kin-dom about, in the here and now.

Jennifer

Owens-Jofré

Let us become a people of radical Christian hope. Let us place our faith in the Kin-dom that is to come. Let us embrace our charge to partner with God in bringing that Kin-dom about, in the here and now.
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February 10, 2019

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Neomi

De Anda

How do we say “yes” to the unknown; to the possibility; to the struggle, to the pain, to the suffering, to listening, like Jesus, to the calls and the cries from our communities both near and far?

Neomi

De Anda

How do we say “yes” to the unknown; to the possibility; to the struggle, to the pain, to the suffering, to listening, like Jesus, to the calls and the cries from our communities both near and far?
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February 3, 2019

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Louise

Lears, SC

Jesus was doing just what he was anointed to do. He was opening the eyes of those before him to their racism and nationalism. He was trying to set them free of their captivity, reminding them that God’s love extends to everyone – and so should theirs.

Louise

Lears, SC

Jesus was doing just what he was anointed to do. He was opening the eyes of those before him to their racism and nationalism. He was trying to set them free of their captivity, reminding them that God’s love extends to everyone – and so should theirs.
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January 27, 2019

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Carmen M.

Nanko-Fernández

For too long we have domesticated the Holy Spirit, imagining a peaceful white dove

Carmen M.

Nanko-Fernández

For too long we have domesticated the Holy Spirit, imagining a peaceful white dove
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January 20, 2019

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jane E.

Regan

As we move into the second week in ordinary time, may we be those who intentionally reflect God’s glory through a sense of gratitude, through actions of kindness, and by nurturing within one another the voices that preach the Gospel in word and action.

Jane E.

Regan

As we move into the second week in ordinary time, may we be those who intentionally reflect God’s glory through a sense of gratitude, through actions of kindness, and by nurturing within one another the voices that preach the Gospel in word and action.
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January 13, 2019

The Baptism of the Lord

Andrea Hattler

Bramson

As you ponder your life, tasks, and responsibilities, let yourself doubt (kinda like John the Baptist), be confident that God accompanies us with love and mercy, and then let yourself stay TRUE to your vocation – whatever it is.

Andrea Hattler

Bramson

As you ponder your life, tasks, and responsibilities, let yourself doubt (kinda like John the Baptist), be confident that God accompanies us with love and mercy, and then let yourself stay TRUE to your vocation – whatever it is.
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January 6, 2019

Epiphany of the Lord

Barbara E.

Quinn, RSCJ

When the light of the Epiphany star sears our souls, it also casts a beam of light across and beyond any horizon we have imagined before, calling us to a new vision.

Barbara E.

Quinn, RSCJ

When the light of the Epiphany star sears our souls, it also casts a beam of light across and beyond any horizon we have imagined before, calling us to a new vision.
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January 1, 2019

The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

WAMŨYŨ TERESIA

WACHIRA, IBVM

How do I receive those that I consider irrelevant, a nuisance, those that are different from me, the refugees, the migrants, the poor and marginalized? The Marys and Shepherds of our world today.

WAMŨYŨ TERESIA

WACHIRA, IBVM

How do I receive those that I consider irrelevant, a nuisance, those that are different from me, the refugees, the migrants, the poor and marginalized? The Marys and Shepherds of our world today.
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