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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
I saw her, and I wept. In the summer of 2006, while I was studying the Spanish language in the city of Guanajuato, I traveled to Mexico...
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Dec 10, 20243 min read
Advent 2 C "Prepare the Way in the Wilderness" Lk 3:1-6 ~ Susan McGurgan
A voice in the desert cries, “Prepare the way for the Lord!” So often, when the Word of the Lord comes to us, it arrives—not from the...
susan mcgurgan
Dec 2, 20244 min read
Advent 1 C Lk. 21:25-27, 34-36 ~ "Raise your Heads and Stand Tall" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Preacher Fred Craddock shaped a sermon for Christmas Eve titled “The Eye of the Storm.” To a community that had been ravaged by a...
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Nov 26, 20246 min read
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe B Jn. 18:33b-37 ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
The trial scene is so familiar—Jesus there before Pilate. Right off, Pilate raises the big question: “Are you the King of the Jews?” ...
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Nov 20, 20245 min read
32 OT B ~ Mk. 12:38-44 ~"Clatter and Clink" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Jesus was once again in the Temple, sitting and watching people tossing their offerings into large brass horn-shaped collection...
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Nov 8, 20246 min read
31 OT B ~ Mk. 12:28b-34 ~ "Not Far From the Kingdom" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Immediately following Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, the resistance to his teaching and his actions becomes heated. He returns to...
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Oct 29, 20246 min read
30 OT B Mk. 10: 46-52 ~ "The Call" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
She cringed when she realized that this Sunday’s Gospel was the story of Blind Bartimaeus. Good Old Blind Bart, the beggar by the side of...
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Oct 22, 20244 min read
29 OT B Mk 10:35-45 "Room at the Top" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Pick up your school alumni magazine and turn to the “Class Notes” section. Before you have a chance to say, "gee, she sure changed!" you...
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Oct 15, 20243 min read
28th OT B ~ Mk. 10:17-30 ~ "Eye of the Needle" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Ever since Jesus...
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Oct 7, 20245 min read
27 OT B ~ Mk. 10:2-16 "Embraced and Blessed" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
The scene opens with Jesus as the center of attention, again. This time, people are bringing children to him that he might touch them....
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Sep 30, 20246 min read
26 OT B ~Nm 11:25-29 "My Lord, Stop Them!" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
He’s not one of us, Jesus. They’re outside the tent, Moses. She’s in a different parish, Father. My Lord, stop them! There is something...
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Sep 24, 20244 min read
25 OT B ~ Mk. 9:30-37 ~ "Out of the Book, Into our Lives" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
High up on the shelf in my Sunday School classroom, there was a picture book about the life of Jesus. It had been written and illustrated...
susan mcgurgan
Sep 17, 20244 min read
24th OT B ~ Mk. 8: 27-35 ~ "Who do You Say I am?" Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min and Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
HOMILY I ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min. It all began with an invitation from the Lord Jesus. Walking by the Sea, the master called two...
susan mcgurgan
Sep 9, 20245 min read
23 OT B ~ Mk. 7:31-37 ~ "Beyond Astonishment" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Jesus had completed his ministry among the Gentiles after the healing of the Syrophoenician Woman’s daughter in Tyre. At least that is...
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Sep 3, 20245 min read
22 OT B~ Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27~ "All Good Gifts" Rev. Richard Eslinger
In the early 1970’s a new rock opera came out, Godspell. It was based on Jesus’ parables in St. Matthew’s Gospel. It seemed like the...
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Aug 27, 20245 min read
21 OT B ~ Jn. 6:60-69 "A Hard Saying" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Just imagine the scene. Jesus was in Capernaum, teaching in the synagogue. He and the disciples had returned from a hillside where...
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Aug 19, 20243 min read
20 OT B ~John 6: 51-58 ~ "A Deeper Union with Christ" Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
May the Lord Jesus Christ protect you and lead you to eternal life. A nice phrase, a pious thought, and you’ve probably never heard it...
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Aug 14, 20243 min read
19 OT B 1 Kg. 19:4-8 "Under the Broom Tree" ~Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
During the time of the prophet Elijah, the people of Israel had become comfortable adaptable easy to sway. A little too easy. They began...
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Aug 8, 20243 min read
18 OT B~ "The Bread of Heaven" Jn 6:24-35 Rev. Richard Eslinger
The profound feeding miracle had now taken place; the Five Thousand were fed by Jesus with a little boy’s gift of five barley loaves and...
susan mcgurgan
Jul 30, 20247 min read
17 OT B ~ Homiletical Exegesis~ Jn 6:1-15 ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
The Gospel Lesson for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, begins an intercalation of the entire Bread of Life Discourse from John’s...
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Jul 22, 20247 min read
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