I have the honor of speaking today at the Mass honoring the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene at Christ the King parish in Pleasant Hill, CA. Here are my remarks: Well, here we are - emerging on the other side. Or perhaps just proceeding through a very challenging chapter in history. The theme of today’s …
1st Sunday of Advent Reflection
I was honored to be asked to write a reflection in the series, Advent of Liberation: Journeying to Find Emmanuel. It's part of the robust collection of offerings and actions Call to Action, USA is conducting this season. I'm so proud to witness the bold steps the members of the Re/Generation program are presenting to …
Catholic Women Preach: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
It's a familiar Gospel story - the parable of the Sower. It's my deep hope that the soil is rich enough right now to support sustained progress toward racial healing.
Waiting in Joyful Hope – An Advent Reflection
Here's the reflection I wrote for the 2019 Advent series published by my alma mater, Jesuit School of Theology:
You Will Find Nourishment
My reflection on the weekly readings, including Luke's account of the Feeding of the Five Thousand.
Melchize-WHO?
The Catholic lectionary readings for June 23 contain so much good stuff. I wrote about them on the Ignatian Solidarity Network's Rise Up reflections. And here's what I didn't have room for... People are more valuable than money. Yet mainstream American culture fights to the death to make us believe that wealth is located in …
Grounded in kinship
"Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something. He said to her, ‘What do you wish?’ She answered him, ‘Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.'” …
Part 3: How do we respond?
This is part 3 of 3 of a series based on a talk I gave at a parish in 2016. Find Part 1 and Part 2 by clicking on these links. To contemplate how we respond to the God who loves us, let's turn to Samuel and see how he responds to the Holy One, …
Ash Wednesday
I remember Ash Wednesdays. Ash Wednesday 2002 when I heard the best homily by Father Rob Marsh, SJ. Ash Wednesday 2005, when I had juuuuust starting dating the man who would become my dear husband. That day, the second reading stood out to me the most: "Behold, now is a very acceptable time;behold, now is …
Part 2: What is the message?
This is part 2 of a 3 -part series that I spoke about a women's group in a local parish. Sometimes my students ask, as we all do, if God is so good and loving, then why do bad things happen? Great question. I don’t know. I’m not God. But I do say… Not everything …
