Readings: Acts 5: 12-16; Revelations 1: 9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; John 20: 19-31 Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz Have you ever had the experience of feeling more than one emotion at a time? I am thinking of feeling grief when a loved one dies and relief that their suffering is finally at an end, joy for another’s success and sadness because that success… read more →
Readings: Jeremiah 33: 14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3: 12- 4:2; Luke 21: 25-28, 34-36Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz “Hope” is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tune without words and never stops at all. -Emily Dickinson ‘May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we… read more →
Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2: 13-18; Mark 6: 30-34Click here to download a PDF of the homily.Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz In a prayer attributed to the late Pedro Arrupé, SJ we read these words:Falling in love will decidewhat will get you out of bed in the morning,what you do with your evenings,how you spend your weekends,what you read, whom you… read more →
Readings: Job 7: 1-4, 6-7; 1 Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-23; Mark 1: 29-39Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz The Book of Job is really a theological treatise of sorts, attempting to make the mystery of suffering more understandable. That is what we are presented with in today’s reading from the Hebrew scriptures. Tragedy upon… read more →
Readings: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6: Matthew 25: 14-30Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Sister Karen Dietz Sue Monk Kidd, in her book Dance of the Dissident Daughter asks the question: After you wake up, can you wake up anymore?” I thought of that quote as I prayed with St. Paul’s message to 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 →
Readings: Exodus 17:3-7; Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8; John 4: 5-42Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz “Come see a man who told me everything I have done.” With these words, the unnamed “woman at the well” begins her ministry of evangelization. As I have pondered these words, I wonder if I would have done… read more →
Readings: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2,9-14; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5; Luke 20:27-38Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz Fascination with the afterlife has been with us for a very long time. The readings given to us today certainly bear that out. Popular television programs like Touched by an Angel and God Friended Me as well as movies… 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 →
Readings: Sirach 27:4-7; 1 Corinthians 15: 54-58; Luke 6: 39-45Click here to download a PDF of this homily Preacher: Sr. Karen Dietz As I write this, I am at our Motherhouse recovering from rotator cuff surgery on my right shoulder (my dominant hand). The preparation for this surgery and the subsequent recovery have been teaching me some new (or renewed)… read more →