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• March 16, 2025: "When We Listen, We Are Changed" with Mayella Vasquez

  Preaching for the Second Sunday of Lent, Mayella Vasquez offers a reflection on listening - really listening: "Maybe that’s our invitation, too. To listen to the voices that have been silenced. To listen to the cries of the Earth, the wounded, the forgotten.To listen to the One who speaks—not just on the mountaintops, but in the valleys, too. Because when we listen—really listen—we are changed. And when we are changed, so is the world."Mayella Vasquez is a passionate thinker, storyteller, and advocate for meaningful change. As a Master of Arts in Religion student at Yale Divinity School, she explores world religions with deep curiosity and empathy. She blends her interests in social entrepreneurship and diversity, equity, and inclusion to inspire innovative solutions. Through her preaching, Mayella seeks to foster insight, purpose, and compassionate community connections.Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03162025 to read Mayella's preaching text and for more preaching from Catholic women.

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• March 9, 2025: "Standing Our Ground in Faith" with Sr. Ana Gonzalez, OP

  Preaching for the First Sunday of Lent, Ana Gonzalez, OP, offers a reflection on standing our ground in faith: "Just as Jesus and the Israelites were tempted, we will too be tempted, we will be challenged and we, like Jesus, must respond. We must remember that Satan’s objective is to create division, destroy our faith, and separate us from the love and will of God. Are we paying attention? Are we willing to put into action the Word that holds our beliefs?"Sister Ana Gonzalez is a Dominican Sister of Peace and a current Graduate Student at the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry. A proud Fronteriza, Sister Ana calls El Paso, Texas, con mucho orgullo, her home. Before pursuing a Master's in Theology and Ministry with a concentration in Latino Pastoral Ministry at Boston College, Sister Ana ministered at Albertus Magnus College, a founded ministry of the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03092025 to learn more about Sr. Ana, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

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• March 5, 2025: "Ash Wednesday Every Day" with Dr. Jessie Thomas

  Preaching for Ash Wednesday, Dr. Jessie Thomas offers a reflection on living each day as Ash Wednesday:"While the Lenten journey only lasts for weeks, our journey of life is forever. Every day is an opportunity to ask for God’s forgiveness. Every day you and I must be an outward sign of our faith as well as an expression of our repentance..."Dr. Jessie Thomas is a Lay Pastoral Theologian in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. She holds a master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry from the Athenaeum of Ohio and a Doctor of Ministry in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology St. Louis University. Dr. Thomas has served as adjunct faculty for the Diaconate Office in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati teaching Homiletics. She is also a regular presenter and guest preacher throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03052025 to learn more about Dr. Thomas, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

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• March 2, 2025: "Rooted in Love" with Quincy Howard, OP

  Preaching for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sr. Quincy Howard, OP, offers a reflection on rooting our selves in the "good soil" of love: "Character is either rooted in a foundation of love or else it will bear bad fruit. Good fruit, we learn from Scripture, is seen in words and acts of love, kindness, acceptance, patience, and humility. Bad fruit grows from entitlement and deception and is easily recognized as it ripens into feigned outrage, violence, scapegoating, mockery and dehumanizing 'the other.'"Quincy Howard is a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa with a background in urban planning, community development and disaster recovery. Growing up in Texas, she distanced herself from the Church and was a non-practicing Catholic for most of her life. A late bloomer to her vocation, she returned to her Catholic roots and entered religious life in her late 30s and recently made her final vows, a decade later. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/03022025 to learn more about Sr. Quincy, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

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• February 23, 2025: "Love them anyway" with Diana Macalintal

  Preaching for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Diana Macalintal offers a reflection on loving our enemies, even - and especially - when the stakes are high: "We can choose to love every time, but only if we remember what God has done for us. Choosing to love is powerful. Choosing to love is resistance. Because choosing to love your enemy removes their power to define who you are and whose you are. You are a child of God, blessed and beloved, crowned with the dignity of Christ."Diana Macalintal is the cofounder and codirector of Team Initiation and of Liturgy.life and is a widely-recognized leader in the areas of the catechumenate and Catholic liturgy and music. With a Master of Arts in Theology from Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, she served in campus, parish, and diocesan ministries for over 30 years. She is an author, speaker, and published liturgical composer. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/02232025 to learn more about Diana, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

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