Readings: Joshua 5: 9a, 10-12; 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21; Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 Preacher: Gloria Ulterino The other night, on the nightly news, Judy Woodruff was interviewing the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. She was so inspiring! Revealing an understanding of our world and its conflicts. Passionately advocating for her people. Yet, at the same time, carefully trying not… read more →
Readings: Zephaniah 3: 14-18a; Philippians 4: 4-7; Luke 3: 10-18 Preacher: Gloria Ulterino Shout for joy! Be glad and exult! Today’s readings simply reverberate with joy, seeping into every cell of our being, overflowing out to all we meet. But some might say, “Really? You’ve got to be kidding! Where is such joy to be found? Have you forgotten the pandemic? … read more →
Readings: Isaiah 50:5-9A; James 2: 14-18; Mark 8: 27-35 Preacher: Gloria Ulterino We live in a broken world. A bruised world, where some deliberately prey on the weaknesses of others. (Consider all those daily “robo” calls.) At the same time, it’s a beautiful world, where goodness and heroism can emerge, and even triumph. Thus it has always been. So, then,… read more →
Readings: Ezekiel 17: 22-24; 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10; Mark 4: 26-34Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino Flourishing! I love that word! I love the way it feels in my mouth when I say it. Even more, I love what it means. Alive! Abundant! Thriving! Perhaps what I love most is this: it’s a true word… read more →
Readings: Acts 10: 34a, 37-43; Colossians 3: 1-4; John 20: 109Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino “Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” And we respond: “I do, so help me, God.” These are familiar words, especially for any of us who have been on the witness… read more →
Readings: 1 Samuel 3: 3B-10, 19; 1 Corinthians 6: 13C-15A, 17-20; John 1: 35-42Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino I took a look at the readings for this weekend. Oh, I love the story of the call of Samuel! Surely I would focus on that! But then, I looked again. And, what do you know?… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 45: 1, 4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-5B; Matthew 22: 15-21Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Gloria Ulterino Not to belabor the obvious, but: It’s election time! And today’s readings are exactly the ones we hear every 12 years just prior to a presidential election, (where the three-year liturgical cycle intersects with the four-year election cycle).… 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: 1 Samuel 16: 1B, 6-7, 10-13A; Ephesians 5: 8-14; John 9: 1-41Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gloria Ulterino My husband and I are new to Netflix. So just recently we binged on all the episodes thus far of the “The Crown,” a story of the British monarchy in the 20th century. The acting is… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 11: 1-10; Romans 15:4-9; Matthew 3: 1-12Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gloria Ulterino Thirty years ago, as Pastoral Associate in my first parish, I was about to preach on this Second Sunday of Advent. Why not, I thought, enter and go down the main aisle … as John the Baptist? Complete with sheepskin… read more →