Category Archives: Sermons
May 9, 2021, A Tale of Two Visions, Acts 10:44-48 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
The passage from Acts we read this morning was so short that might have slipped through the cracks of your attention among all the other words and readings of the Mass. And that would be a shame, because what we read was a key moment in the life of the Church. So what I want …
May 2, 2021, Cambial Contact: Viniculture 101, John 15:1-17 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
“I am the Vine; you are the Branches. Abide in me, as I abide in you.” Oddly enough, I want to begin today with a little lesson in horticulture, or, actually, viniculture, I guess. Specifically, I want to briefly explain the process of grafting, which is joining a branch, or a scion, of one species …
April 25, 2021, I Will Make You Shepherds of People, John 10:11-18 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Of all the images Jesus has given us so that we can know who he is, I think the one that gives the most comfort and assurance is the image of the Good Shepherd. “I am the Good Shepherd.” he tells us. “The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. I know my …
Putting Together the Pieces, Luke 24:36-49 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: One of the things we enjoy when we get together for holidays is putting together jigsaw puzzles. We dump the pieces out for people to work on whenever they feel like it, and over the course of a few days it’s really fun to watch the picture begin …
April 11, 2021, A Sermon for Doubters, John 20:19-29 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
A link to the audio is at the bottom of the sermon. What was it like for Jesus’s disciples in the days after his Crucifixion, shut up within those four walls, huddled in their small group, sharing their common sorrow and fear, living in continual uncertainty? Well, our lives over this past year, isolated by …
April 4, 2021, The Messy and Solid Reality of the Resurrection, Matthew 28:1-10 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: If you’ve never been present at the birth of a baby you might think of babies, when you think of them at all, as tiny, clean, soft, sweet-smelling, wonderful little creatures wrapped in blankets. And they are. Babies are awesome. But if you have had a baby, you …
Homily for Good Friday
The Confessions of those who were there at the crucifixion of our Lord Judas Everybody knows my name: the greatest traitor of all time, the Betrayer of God Himself. I have no defense to make. My friend, my teacher, the one who chose me for his inner circle, worker of miracles; I sold him to …
Homily for Maundy Thursday
I love the way this chapter of John’s gospel begins: “Before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” Everything Jesus said and did at this …
March 21, 2021, Die Where You Are Planted, John 12:20-33 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000244 I have been reading a long article this past week about a rural area in West Virgina. From the people the journalist interviewed, and the settings she described – small-town cafes, little league games, close families, and a chronic lack of jobs – she could have been …
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