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 →