Lent 5 A ~ Two Homilies: Susan McGurgan & Rev. Benjamin Roberts
"I Am..." ~ Susan McGurgan I am Lazarus. Neighbor. Brother. Beloved friend. I am Lazarus. The man who died too young. I am Lazarus. Jesus...
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Preach This Week ~ Sunday homily
- Mar 13
- 4 min
Lent 4 A ~ "Mud and Oil and Opened Eyes" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, DMin
It is the 4th Sunday of Lent, and I have completely failed at my Lenten practice. It’s actually worse than that. I failed to even choose...
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- Mar 7
- 4 min
Lent 3 A ~ "You and Me and the Woman at the Well" ~ Susan McGurgan
Like so many women in the Bible, we never even know her name. She is “The Woman at the Well” or maybe, after hearing her story, “The...
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- Feb 27
- 5 min
Lent 2A ~ "Listen to Him" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Six days before, Jesus had led the disciples to Caesarea Philippi where Simon Peter made his confession, “You are the Messiah, the Son of...
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- Feb 20
- 4 min
Lent 1 A ~ "Temptation" ~ Susan McGurgan
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. Anyone who has wandered in a desert knows it can be...
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- Feb 13
- 3 min
7th OT A ~ "Finding the Good News" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, DMin
Last week, when we celebrated our parish feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, I talked about St. Bernadette. She is the little girl who met Our...
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- Feb 7
- 3 min
6 OT A ~"Consider Your Calling" ~ Susan McGurgan
When St. John Paul II preached on this passage from the Mount of Beatitudes twenty-three years ago he began by quoting Corinthians,...
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- Jan 31
- 6 min
5th OT A ~ "Salt and Light" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
There are a number of biblical texts that have entered our culture’s vernacular, most every one of them having the Word of God deleted...
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- Jan 23
- 3 min
4th OT A ~ "Blessed" ~ Susan McGurgan
On a small windswept hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee, stands a lovely gray and white chapel. Built in 1938, the Church of the...
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