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Advent 3 A ~ "Finding the One we Seek" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts
A few years ago, and in a place far, far away, I heard a priest give an excellent and profound description of religious obedience. He...
susan mcgurgan
Dec 5, 20223 min read
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe ~ "Juan Diego, Preacher of Good News" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts
Every year we come to this celebration. We come to Tepeyac early in the morning to sing the praises of the Our Mother of Guadalupe. We...
susan mcgurgan
Dec 5, 20223 min read
Advent 2 A ~"With Water for Repentance" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
When did the “Holiday Season” actually begin? It seems like it has never ended, but the promotion of holiday joy that comes from buying...
susan mcgurgan
Nov 28, 20226 min read
Advent 1 A ~ "Advent-Where the Infinite Beckons, and all Bets are Off" ~ Susan McGurgan
This week, we enter into a new liturgical season, with a new cycle of readings. When we look at these readings over the three-year span,...
susan mcgurgan
Nov 21, 20224 min read
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe ~"Viva Cristo Rey!" Rev. Ben Roberts
On this Sunday we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. This is the final Sunday of the liturgical year. Next week we will begin the...
susan mcgurgan
Nov 14, 20222 min read
33rd Sunday OT C ~ "Testify" ~ Susan McGurgan
It will lead to your giving testimony. "The day will come," Jesus warns, "when your temple will lie in ruins. The day will come when you...
susan mcgurgan
Nov 7, 20225 min read
32nd OT C ~ "Direct your Hearts" ~Susan McGurgan
Encourage your hearts Strengthen your hearts Direct your hearts This reading from Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians reminds us that our...
susan mcgurgan
Oct 31, 20223 min read
31st OT C ~ "Mr. Clean" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
A strange series of things happen as Jesus passes through Jericho, passes through on his way to Jerusalem. And they all have to do with...
susan mcgurgan
Oct 24, 20227 min read
Solemnity of All Saints C ~ "That Great Multitude of Saints" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
We are formed to approach the Book of Revelation in the Bible by the films and books of our age. Lots of esoteric plots about the seven...
susan mcgurgan
Oct 24, 20226 min read
30th OT C ~ "Take off your Mask!" ~ Susan McGurgan
This time of year, a couple of treasured photographs sit on my mantle, little dog-eared invitations to joy and gratitude. One, snapped in...
susan mcgurgan
Oct 18, 20224 min read
29th OT C ~ "Raise us Up" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, DMin.
On my first Christmas as a priest, I drove from my parish in Greensboro to my aunt’s house in Charlotte after the Christmas Morning Mass....
susan mcgurgan
Oct 10, 20223 min read
28th OT C ~ "The Tenth Leper" ~ Susan McGurgan
They had been cursed by God. Everyone knew that! They were visited by a plague that did not kill, but never seemed to end. Their families...
susan mcgurgan
Oct 3, 20225 min read
27 OT C ~ "Stir into Flame" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, DMin
On an early morning on a Saturday in early June, my mother was helping me to get dressed. I wasn’t a child; I was thirty-two. My mother...
susan mcgurgan
Sep 26, 20223 min read
26th OT C ~ "Waiting at the Gate" ~ Susan McGurgan
He was almost invisible… The rich man, snug inside his home, simply couldn’t be bothered with every bum or beggar who lounged beside the...
susan mcgurgan
Sep 19, 20224 min read
25th OT C ~ "Money and Masters and Eternity" ~ Susan McGurgan
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...
susan mcgurgan
Sep 13, 20225 min read
24th OT C ~ "A Spirit of Imprudence, a Book of Surprises" ~ Susan McGurgan
Have you ever wondered about the “titles” of scripture stories? Have you ever wondered where they came from and who created them, or how...
susan mcgurgan
Sep 6, 20223 min read
23rd OT ~"Traveling with Jesus" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
It had been some time since Jesus had descended from the Mount of Transfiguration and set his face toward Jerusalem. As he journeyed...
susan mcgurgan
Aug 30, 20225 min read
22nd OT C ~ "Make Room" ~ Fr. Jim Schmitmeyer
“When you throw a party,” says the Lord, “invite those whom everyone else overlooks.” Has anyone here ever attended a wedding or a...
susan mcgurgan
Aug 23, 20221 min read
21 OT C ~"The Restoration Business" ~ Susan McGurgan
I come to gather nations of every language. God will call them from hard luck towns the highway commission ignored. God will gather them...
susan mcgurgan
Aug 15, 20223 min read
20th OT C ~ "Division" ~ Fr. Jim Schmitmeyer
“I have not come to establish peace, but I have come to establish division.” Did Jesus really come to establish division? This doesn’t...
susan mcgurgan
Aug 8, 20223 min read
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