Table of Contents
Foreword Barbara E. Reid, OP xv
Introduction Elizabeth Donnelly and Russ Petrus xix
ADVENT
First Sunday of Advent Stay awake! Jamie T. Phelps, OP 3
Second Sunday of Advent A change of direction Astrid Lobo Gajiwala 7
Third Sunday of Advent Celebrating what is good Kerry A. Robinson 14
Fourth Sunday of Advent Taking the long route Nontando Hadebe 18
CHRISTMAS SEASON
Nativity of the Lord How are we laboring? Christine Schenk, CSJ 23
Feast of the Holy Family Caring for the anawim Cambria Tortorelli 28
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Peace shaped by nonviolence, rooted in justice Marie Dennis 32
Epiphany of the Lord A different way Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF 36
Baptism of the Lord Baptism: calling us out of our comfort zone Jane M. Cruthirds 40
LENT
Ash Wednesday A communal commitment Simone Campbell, SSS 47
First Sunday of Lent Repentance that flows from love and mercy Dianne Bergant, CSA 50
Second Sunday of Lent Seeing Jesus in a new light Laurie Jurecki 53
Third Sunday of Lent The woman who testified Mary Catherine Hilkert, OP 57
Fourth Sunday of Lent Seeing the world through God’s eyes Rachel Bundang 63
Fifth Sunday of Lent Do we recognize Jesus weeping with us? Krista Chinchilla-Patzke 69
HOLY WEEK
Palm Sunday Waiting with our suffering God M. Shawn Copeland 75
Holy Thursday Hearing and responding to God’s call to serve people Virginia Saldanha 78
Good Friday What do we do with so great a love? Joan S. Dawber, SC 81
EASTER SEASON
Easter Sunday The women who did not lose hope Margaret A. Farley 87
Second Sunday of Easter The visible wounds of Christ Jeannie Masterson, CSJ 91
Third Sunday of Easter Coming into the fullness of His glory Anita P. Baird, DHM 94
Fourth Sunday of Easter Cultivating an attitude of silence Anne Arabome, SSS 99
Fifth Sunday of Easter Seeing ourselves as prophets Donna L. Ciangio, OP 103
Sixth Sunday of Easter Let’s use our voices Sarah Attwood Otto 106
Solemnity of the Ascension May we begin looking around Teresa Maya, CCVI 109
Pentecost Trusting the Holy Spirit to shape us C. Vanessa White 113
ORDINARY TIME
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time The saving power of innocence Diana Culbertson, OP 119
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time We are children of the light Jocelyn E. Collen 123
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time God’s mad miracle of making do Janet Schlichting, OP 127
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Hunger and mercy in our time Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy 133
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Fulfilling the law and the prophets Kate Ott 137
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time A higher level of justice Emily Cortina 141
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Being held in God’s maternal arms Rhonda Miska 144
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Let us shrill in the night Léo Lushombo 147
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Hospitality personified Crista Carrick Mahoney 150
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sharing the burden Christine Elisabeth Burke, IBVM 154
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time We are the soil Molleen Dupree-Dominguez 158
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time God is a good gardener Ruth Fehlker 162
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Drawing from the old and discovering the new Maria Teresa Gastón 166
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The passion that moves the will to justice Casey Stanton 169
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Be not afraid Louise Akers, SC 174
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time A dialogue with Jesus Gerardette Philips, RSCJ 177
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time The true way of authority Catherine Mooney 181
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Know better, do better Nicole Trahan, FMI 185
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time A people of reconciliation and restoration Karen Clifton 189
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The “good news” of forgiveness Jacqueline Regan 193
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Living in the image of God’s reign Francine Cardman 197
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Go out and work in the vineyard today Marge Kloos, SC 200
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time What type of tenant am I? Yudith Pereira Rico, RJM 204
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Accepting the invitation to the feast Petra Dankova 208
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Letting go of our idols Katherine A. Greiner 211
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Journeying with traveling Jesus Pauline Hovey 214
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Created to be Christ for others Terry Battaglia 218
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time The oil of justice and mercy Patricia Smith, RSM 220
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Using our God-given talents Rita L. Houlihan 224
SOLEMNITIES AND FEASTS
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Free to choose Barbara E. Reid, OP 231
Our Lady of Guadalupe Accepting the mystery of God Jutta Battenberg Galindo 235
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Holy with hope Kathy Lilla Cox 238
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Who will teach us the steps? Antoinette Gutzler, MM 241
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ A call to relationship Susan Haarman 245
Feast of Saint Mary of Magdala Commissioned to speak Nontando Hadebe 249
Feast of the Transfiguration A feast of visionary hope Mary Rose D’Angelo 253
Solemnity of the Assumption Not tethered to the Earth Joan Chittister, OSB 256
Solemnity of All Saints The path of the beatitudes Marguerite Barankitse 260
Solemnity of Christ the King Jesus, hidden in plain sight Norma Pimentel, MJ 263
PREACHER BIOGRAPHIES 267