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PREACHING FOR TODAY
November 10, 2019
THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
from Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo.

Preaching for the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo offers a reflection on resisting Empire in our own time and place:

"We debase our God-given dignity by giving in to the demands of Empire. And we are therefore faced with the task of ejecting and rejecting that pork, of undoing all that which binds us to the ways and means of Empire and severs us from covenant with the divine, with creation, and with our fellow human beings."

Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo a Ph.D. in Theological Studies from Emory University. She is a constructive theologian whose teaching and research interests include the following themes in feminist and Latin American liberation theologies: the place of motherhood in theology and spirituality; the theological and political significance of remembering suffering; and the ecclesiology of Christian base communities in Latin America. Her theological work is informed, and often interrupted, by the daily work of caring for four young children. 
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PREACHING FOR NEXT WEEK
November 17, 2019
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
from Katie Lacz.

Preaching for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time and on the occassion of the thirtieth anniversary of the martydom of six Jesuits, their cook, and her 15-year-old daughter in El Salvador; Katie Lacz offers a reflection on unreasonable hope:

"The deaths of martyrs can feel like total loss. Like victories for the powers that be. A reminder of our insignificance in the face of the wars, insurrection, earthquakes, famine, and plagues that Jesus names in the Gospel today. But we are a people of unreasonable hope...Hope that beyond the violence and chaos in this world – even peeking through it, if you look hard enough – is the reign of God, the upside-down reign where the last are first, the lowly are lifted up, the hungry are fed, and all people are revealed in their fullness as beloved children of God."

Katie Lacz holds a Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, and her B.A. in journalism from Ithaca College. She is a spiritual director, a writer, and a contributor to the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s  Rise Up  series. Born and raised in Schenectady, NY, she now lives outside Boulder, CO, with her husband, two children, and greyhound.
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