by Shelly | Oct 11, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
We are invited to the abundant feast of life In Isaiah we are given a vision of the great feast to come, when God will wipe away death forever. In Jesus’ parable about a great banquet, those invited do not come, so the invitation is extended to others. In our liturgy...
by Shelly | Sep 25, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Jesus’ parable about two sons who don’t do what they say reveals surprises in the reign of God. In the reading from Ezekiel the people claim the ways of the Lord are unfair, while God offers repentance and new life. Paul urges us to look to Christ as a model of...
by Shelly | Sep 18, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
God’s confounding generosity Matthew narrates one of Jesus’ controversial parables in which Jesus says that the reign of God is like that of a landowner who pays his workers the same wage no matter what time of day they began to work. When God changes God’s mind...
by Shelly | Sep 12, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Let it go! In today’s second reading Paul questions why we judge one another, since we all stand before the judgment of God. Yet we do sin against one another, and Jesus’ challenge that we forgive seventy-seven times reveals God’s boundless mercy. When we hear the...
by Shelly | Aug 30, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Giving our whole self The prophet Jeremiah speaks of the incurable wound of his suffering yet finds in God’s words the delight of his heart. When Peter doesn’t grasp Jesus’ words about suffering, Jesus tells the disciples they will find their lives in losing them....
by Shelly | Aug 15, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Comfort in God’s presence In Isaiah we hear that God’s house shall be a house of prayer for all people and that God will gather the outcasts of Israel. The Canaanite woman in today’s gospel is a Gentile, an outsider, who is unflinching in her request that Jesus...
