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23 OT C ~ "The Holy Mundane" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
Jesus and the disciples continue their journey up to Jerusalem, and up to the Cross. Along the way, the Lord responds to their questions...
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Oct 1, 20256 min read
26 OT C ~ Lk 16:19-31~ "Lazarus at the Gate" Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
HOMILY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH You will need to give him a name. You really need to name him today. It will be more complicated if you...
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Sep 23, 20255 min read
25 OT C ~ Lk. 16:1-13~ "Trustworthy" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min
There’s no way around it. This week’s Gospel is an odd little story that leaves us scratching our heads, and wondering what’s up. While...
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Sep 16, 20255 min read
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Philippians 2:6-11, "The Cross" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
In our culture, we work very hard to create a world immune to suffering and pain. We retreat into gated communities, embrace fantasy...
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Sep 11, 20253 min read
23 OT C, Lk 14:25-33 ~ "Being Disciples" Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
This is now the tenth day (or “ninth day” if preached at a Vigil Mass) since that horrible morning at Annunciation Church School when a...
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Sep 3, 20256 min read
22 OT C Luke 14:1, 7-14 ~ "Making Room" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
In this climate of political divisiveness and social polarization, I hear many Christians longing for worship that is free of advocacy,...
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Aug 26, 20253 min read
21 OT C ~ Is 66:18-21/Lk 13:22-30 ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min. "Entering the Banquet/Entrando al Banquete"
I used to hear the words of Isaiah and think about a garden near Mexico City where statues of the indigenous tribes bring offerings to...
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Aug 18, 20255 min read
20 OT C ~ Lk 12: 49-53 ~ "Set the Earth on Fire~ Susan McGurgan, D. Min.
This reading seems jarring, unsettling— Frankly, it feels as if it belongs in our headlines, not our Gospel. In fact, given the ugly...
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Aug 12, 20254 min read
19 OT C ~ Luke 12:32-48 ~ "Prepared" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD.
The TV ads are sounding off more intently, “It’s late summer. Take some time to relax and (use our product / go to our vacation site /...
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Aug 5, 20257 min read
18th OT C ~ Lk 12:13-21~ "Trust-worthy" ~Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
Rev. Eslinger shares a homily, and commentary, "Pastoral and Rhetorical Elements in a Homiletic Example” It happened again. Someone in...
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Jul 29, 202510 min read
17th OT C ~ "Teach us to Pray" ~ Lk 11:1-13~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D. Min. Homily in English and Spanish
Today we meet Jesus praying in a certain place. And when he had finished his time of prayer, the disciples asked the Lord Jesus to teach...
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Jul 22, 20255 min read
16 OT C ~ Dragon Slayer ~ Lk 10:38-42 Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
As so often happens with scripture, we tend to glide over the surface of this story of Martha and Mary, smoothing out the rough corners,...
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Jul 16, 20257 min read
15 OT C Lk 10:25-37 ~ "The Jericho Road" ~ Susan McGurgan, D. Min.
Who is my neighbor? The scholar in this passage asked Jesus this question because, like all of us, he knew that loving others is often...
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Jul 8, 20253 min read
14 OT C ~ Lk 10:1-12, 17-20~ "Dusty Sandals and Christ's Sending" ~Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
“Now is the time for this mission,” Jesus announces. Seventy-two will be sent out, sent to towns and places he intends to go. Two by two,...
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Jun 30, 20255 min read
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles ~ "Change" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
Today the Church celebrates the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul. This is the patronal feast of the city of Rome, because both Peter and...
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Jun 25, 20253 min read
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
It sat like a gleaming jewel right smack in the middle of a poor town’s poorest neighborhood. It was nothing fancy, really— just a...
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Jun 20, 20254 min read
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
It was just about 25 years ago, when I was sitting in my office, arranging and re-arranging the stacks on my desk, and staring at the...
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Jun 11, 20255 min read
Ascension of the Lord, C ~ "Waiting for the Lord" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
These forty days, the precious days between Easter and Ascension, were utterly unique. A singularity! Here was Jesus, crucified and risen...
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May 27, 20255 min read
Easter 6 C ~ "Saved?" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice, you cannot be saved.” Who is saved? When I was a kid growing up smack on...
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May 21, 20253 min read
Easter 4 C ~ Jn 10:27-30 "Hear my Voice" Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
My sheep hear my voice. God’s voice shattered the silence of the void with a Word. God speaks and Hope becomes incarnate, pitching a tent...
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May 8, 20253 min read
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