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Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity A~ "Mirrored in Love" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger

In the early Middle Ages, there was a movement to develop a diagram that would explain the Holy Trinity. How are the Father, Son, and the...

Pentecost A ~ Rev. Michael E. Connors, CSC

Rev. Michael Connors, CSC, is Associate Professor of the Practice, and Director of the John S. Marten Program in Homiletics and...

Pentecost Vigil A~ (Joel option) "Playing with Fire" ~ Susan McGurgan

One hot summer in Oklahoma City, my Dad began to find little piles of matches, twigs, scorch marks on the driveway where we parked the...

The Ascension of the Lord A~ Susan McGurgan

“People of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky?” Imagine the scene… the disciples are agonized-- overcome by the...

Easter 6 A ~ "Gift of the Spirit" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, DMin

I will not leave you orphans. These consoling words of the Lord Jesus, spoken to his disciples at the Last Supper, promised the gift of...

Easter 5 A ~"Laying a Cornerstone in Zion" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger

Just before today’s Epistle Lesson begins, a prior image is offered as a way to speak of our life in Christ. That famous text appeals to...

Easter 4 A ~ "Abundance"~ Susan McGurgan

A few years ago, at the height of the pandemic, I dreamed that the pain of isolation, the drive to find a vaccine, the shared wounds of...

Easter 3 A ~ "On the Road" ~ Two Approaches to Preaching the Emmaus Encounter ~Susan McGurgan

This week, instead of a full homily, I am sharing two approaches to preaching the Emmaus story: Paul Scott Wilson’s, Four Page Sermon and...

Easter 2 A / Sunday of Divine Mercy ~ "Three Words" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts

My cousins challenged me to preach a Sunday homily in less than one hundred words. I have three words for you: peace, mission, mercy....

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