Readings: Amos 7: 12-15; Ephesians 1:3-14, or, 1: 3-10; Mark 6: 7-13 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gloria Ulterino Snapshots! So many snapshots these days of weddings … graduations from what has been … commencement promises of what is yet to be. Just recently my daughter had snapshots of her son, from infancy to graduation.… read more →
Readings: Ezechiel 2: 2-5; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10; Mark: 6: 1-6 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Joan Sobala, SSJ Over the last few Sundays, our readings have reminded us about how prophets challenge laid-back, complacent, self-satisfied thinking. Today, Jesus, God’s beloved Son, who stands in this same prophetic tradition, is rejected in his native… read more →
Readings: Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24; 2 Corinthians 8:7,9,13-15; Mark 5:21-43 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Amy Fernaays Today’s readings are about Jesus as the Giver of Life. The gospel is two related stories, with one inside the other. Jairus, a synagogue official, begs Jesus to lay hands on his 12-year old daughter “to make her better… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 49: 1-6; Acts 13: 22-26; Luke 1: 57-66, 80 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Kathleen Wayne RSM Birthdays—we each have one. How they are celebrated may vary, but each of us has a day marking our birth. Do you know the story surrounding your birth? I have a detailed, written account. The… read more →
Readings: Ezechiel 17: 22-24; 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10; Mark 4:26-34 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Jeanne Mooney In this week’s gospel from Mark, Jesus tells two stories to the crowds that have gathered to listen. First, he compares the kingdom of God to a farmer scattering seed: it sprouts without the farmer knowing how or… read more →
Readings: Genesis 3:9-15; 2 Corinthians 4: 13-5: 1; Mark 3: 20-35 Click here to download PDF of this homily. Preacher: Cathy Kamp There’s good news and there’s bad news in Mark’s Gospel this Sunday. The bad news is that even Jesus was not treated very well by his own people; the good news is that all who follow Jesus are… read more →
Readings: Exodus 24:3-8; Hebrews 9: 11-15; Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Preacher: Alice Miller Nation I am blessed to have a job that teaches me about life and others all the time. This past March, I took a group of students to the St. Francis Inn in Philadelphia. The Inn is a soup kitchen that serves 350-400 meals each day—every day of… read more →
Readings: Deuteronomy 4: 32-34, 39-40; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28: 16-20 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Margot Van Etten You might wonder what a “theological feast” has to do with any significant part of your life. At a time when increasing numbers of people say that “organized religion” is irrelevant to them, why would anyone preach… read more →
Readings: Acts 2: 1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3B-7, 12-13; John 20: 15:26-27; 16:12-15 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Patrick Fox What prism do we chose for embracing the great mysteries? One of the Gospels for Pentecost is John 15:26-27; 16:12-15 wherein Jesus speaks of the role of the Spirit. Pope Francis has added a Marian Feast… read more →
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 1: 15-17, 20a, 20c-26; 1 John 4: 11-16; John 17: 11b-19 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Sr. Barbara Moore The Acts of the Apostles describes how the Apostles filled Judas’ place. The text says, “…the lot fell upon Matthias.” And in a play on words, one could say that “a… read more →