by Shelly | Mar 5, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Creating a community that shares As Jesus and his disciples head to a deserted place, perhaps seeking peace and quiet, many from the surrounding towns follow them. Instead of turning them away, Jesus expresses compassion and begins an impromptu teaching session. As...
by Shelly | Mar 1, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Seeing our neighbor at Christ and showing Great Love Simon and some Pharisees host a dinner for Jesus and an unexpected guest arrives: a woman from the city who kneels at Jesus’ feet and washes him with expensive perfume. Simon scoffs at this party foul, but Jesus...
by Shelly | Feb 19, 2026 | Sermons, Sunday Events
Receiving nourishment for ministry Today’s gospel tells of Jesus’ temptation in the desert. His forty-day fast becomes the basis of our Lenten pilgrimage. In the early church Lent was a time of intense preparation for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil....
by Shelly | Apr 11, 2025 | Sermons
Rejoice that we are made new through Christ Today we follow Christ from triumphal entry to the cross, each waypoint of the journey marked by Jesus’ compassion for those who would betray, mock, accuse, or do violence to him. Though persecuted and beaten, Jesus the Son...
by Shelly | Apr 3, 2025 | Sermons
Rejoice that we are made new through Christ Our God makes all things new. In the first reading God promises it. In the gospel Mary anticipates it, anointing Jesus’ feet with costly perfume in preparation for the day of his burial. In the second reading Paul recalls...
