Readings: Zechariah 9: 9-10; Romans 8: 9, 11-13; Matthew 11: 25-30Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Cathy Kamp When I started preparing this reflection, I was feeling quite “burdened”—the word Matthew uses in this week’s Gospel as he quotes Jesus: “Come to me all you who labor and are burdened and I will give you rest.” During… read more →
Readings: 2 Kings 4: 8-11, 14-16A; Romans 6: 3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10: 37-42Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Kathi Piehler When I was growing up in the 1950s my family had a Sunday ritual—we would all go to Mass together, come home and my mother would cook an extra special breakfast. Then my mom would vacuum and… read more →
Readings: Jeremiah 20: 10-13; Romans 5: 12-15; Matthew 10: 26-33Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Ruth Marchetti It’s been four hundred years since the first Africans were sold as slaves in the colonies that would become the United States. For four hundred years, the dominant European, mostly Christian, culture has embraced the myth of superiority that justified… read more →
Readings: Deuteronomy 8: 2-3; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6: 51-58Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino This is my second try at a homily for this Feast. My first effort went something like this: we’re invited to a Feast, but we can’t go! We have to fast! The virtual celebrations that attempt to make up the… read more →
Readings: Exodus 34: 4B-6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13; John 3: 16-18Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz“God is merciful, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” “Encourage one another, live in peace and the God of love and peace will be with you.” “God did not send his son into the world… read more →