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Liberating Love: The Generous Widow

As I write this, we are a few days away from the election, and I pray that the next President of the United States will govern with...

You Are Not Far

Today’s Gospel is a very familiar passage stating the Greatest Commandment. The story, in particular the restating of the Shema, reminds...

The Freedom to Choose

Most Harry Potter fans will remember when Harry arrives at Hogwarts and sits in front of the whole school for every first year’s biggest...

As Much Grace as We Are Willing to Accept

“Let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.”   These last words from the reading...

When Truth and Love Expand

Do we want the answers we already know? Or do we want to be loved into ever-expanding truth? “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with...

For all partnerships

I had the privilege this past Easter weekend of getting a last minute call from my parish to read at our Vigil Mass.  The reading was the...

Called to Teach

I often say that I fell into teaching. Despite having played teacher as a child (should have been a dead give away honestly), I never...

Amid the Conflict

Conflict is inevitable and today’s readings - every single one of them - brings that directly to our attention. Conflict is inevitable...

God of Possibilities

Today’s reading from Isaiah paints a remarkable, beautiful composite of images: Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of...

The True Light and Life

If truth be told, I have to admit that I am exhausted. I mean, deeply physically, emotionally and mentally done in. Stretched beyond my...

We Walk by Faith

Today’s readings are full of timeless one-liners in the Christian playbook. Joshua makes the iconic declaration that “As for me and my...

The Foolish Wisdom of the Eucharist

It is easy for me to imagine that people today, both outside and within the Church, might have a perspective not too distant from the...

Satisfaction

I laughed when I read today’s first reading. This excerpt from Elijah has been the subject of several memes (if your algorithm looks like...

Breakfast and Eucharist

A number of years ago I went to a First Communion Mass and the priest offering the homily made it very relatable to the children in ways...

Gathering the Remnant

I wonder if today’s reading from the Prophet Jeremiah was applied to today’s Church how we would fare.  I don’t think we would do very...

Shaking It Off

The story of the disciples being sent out two by two, without taking anything with them, is Good News! The Good News is that we don’t...

Complacency, Complicity, and the Call

Prophets feel like something set solidly in the past. They have their time period – just like horse drawn carriages or gladiators or oil...

Vision

When we are children, we imagine endless possibilities for our play. With our imagination, we can be astronauts, chefs, royalty,...

Teaching in the Footsteps of Christ

If I tell the story of how I came into ministry, I can tell you what time of the year it was, where I was standing, and what I was doing....

The Fall

As a high school theology teacher and new mother, I often find myself revisiting biblical stories that I have heard and read hundreds of...

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