Browsing the 2022 archive of Blog

Send Out Your Spirit Through Us

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 6/01/22

  For Sunday, June 5, 2022 Pentecost Sunday

 Acts 2:1-111 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26

“Lord, send out your spirit and renew the face of the earth,” like many of the faithful, I can’t read those words without finding myself doing so along ... Read More »

A Crisis of Identity

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 5/25/22

  For Sunday, May 29, 2022 The Ascension of the Lord

 It’s all out of control. Inflation, the economy, violence, oppression, greed, morality, and tensions are all escalating as people scurry about for a sense of stability and well-being. Power seems to win the game and self-aggrandizement appears to ... Read More »

A Love that is Unconditional, Sacrificial, and Permanent

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 5/11/22

  For Sunday, May 15, 2022 5th Sunday of Easter

 

Acts 14:21-27Revelations 21:1-5aJohn 13:31-33a, 34-35

We are called to love as Jesus loved, even when it hurts.

One of the untold stories about our country’s armed forces is of the priests who serve the spiritual needs of those ... Read More »

Learn to Hear with Your Heart

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 5/04/22

  For Sunday, May 8, 2022 4th Sunday of Easter

 Acts 13:14, 43-52Revelations 7:9, 14b-17John 10:27-30

When a friend describes a beautiful sunset, a picture is created in your mind. The words enable you to make meaning. When a parent reacts to a child’s artwork, meaning is created between ... Read More »

What We Bring to the Fire

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 4/28/22

  For Sunday, May 1, 2022 3rd Sunday of Easter

 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41Rev 5:11-14Jn 21:1-19 or 21:1-14

Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.” So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore, full of one hundred fifty-three large fish. – John 21:10-11

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The Divine Mercy of Jesus

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 4/20/22

  For Sunday, April 24, 2022 2nd Sunday of Easter — Sunday of Divine Mercy

 Acts 5:12-16Revelations 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19John 20:19-31

Sometimes, it may be hard to remember that we live in Jesus’ victory over sin and death, we are not waiting on it. And we, who have not ... Read More »

In the Shadows of the Cross

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 4/06/22

  For Sunday, April 10, 2022 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

 Isaiah 50:4-7Philippians 2:6-11Luke 22:14—23:56

Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,did not regard equality with Godsomething to be grasped.Rather, he emptied himself,taking the form of a slave,coming in human likeness;and found human ... Read More »

The Love that Casts Out Fear

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 3/30/22

  For Sunday, April 3, 2022 5th Sunday of Lent

 Isaiah 43:16-21Philippians 3:8-14John 8:1-11

In Jesus, we do not find condemnation but restoration and healing.

The fullness of the love and mercy which Jesus came to bring is on display in this Sunday’s gospel reading. A woman who had been ... Read More »

Mercy, Compassion, Generosity, & Patience

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 3/25/22

  For Sunday, March 27, 2022 4th Sunday of Lent

 Joshua 5:9a, 10-122 Corinthians 5:17-21Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

The story of the Prodigal Son is familiar to all of us. We’ve heard it time and again. But sometimes we forget to look at the situation out of which this famous ... Read More »

Confession and The Fig Tree

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 3/16/22

  For Sunday, March 20, 2022 3rd Sunday of Lent

 Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-151 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12Luke 13:1-9

Most of the sins I confess when I approach God through the Sacrament of Reconciliation are sins I committed on the way to approaching Him in the Eucharist.

Listen, I’m not proud ... Read More »