Supposing Him to be the Gardener

Sermons, from the Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania and the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. Why call it Supposing Him to be the Gardener? Because Mary Magdalene, on the first Easter, was so distracted by her pain that she failed to notice the Divine in her midst. So do I. All the time. This title helps me remember that the Divine is everywhere--in the midst of deep pain as well as in profound joy. And everywhere in between.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Honor the Mothers of our Faith and our Lives with Love

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+Our readings this Easter are clear: Love is the point. Loving God, Loving one another, Loving our Neighbor, Loving the stranger, Loving th...
Monday, May 7, 2012

We Abide in One Another

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God is love and those who abide in Love, abide in God. Amen. Several years ago, when I was in seminary, I made an amazing discovery: I ha...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Luke: We are Your Good Shepherd

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Circle me, Lord: Keep protection near And danger afar. Circle me, Lord: Keep hope within. Keep doubt without. Circle me, Lord: Keep ...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

One Bread, One Body, One Easter Message

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When in training to become a psychotherapist, the instructors assured us not to worry about missing a client’s main issue, because no matte...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Be Like Mary: Go and Tell Easter Sunday April 8, 2012

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+Alleluia He Is Risen! Alleluia He is Alive! Alleluia the strife is o’er! Alleluia, Easter has come again! “So what? So What” is clear...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Crying with God this Lent (Lent 5 Yr B)

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[This sermon is excerpted, at great length, from Two Bubbas and a Bible: http://lectionarylab.blogspot.com/2012/03/year-b-fifth-sunday-in-l...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Grace and Love Beat Atonement and Ransom Lent 4 Yr B

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+God so loved the world, God came to us in the flesh, in the person of Jesus Christ. Who we then killed. When phrased like that the actio...
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The Rev'd Canon Cathy Dempesy-Sims
I am an Episcopal Priest who serves the Diocese of Western New York as the Canon for Connections (Canon to the Ordinary). I was widowed in November 2017. My wife and I had been married two months shy of 5 years. For years "Pete" had horses and then she added donkeys and then she added goats. And always, always there were dogs. IN the late summer of 2018 I am working toward inventing a new life for myself. One thing will not change: my love for preaching, my love for helping people makes sense of what is by hearing what was in a new way. Especially at this time in my life, I welcome your prayers for me, for my son Patrick and for my dogs (who are my faithful companions) Louie and Purnie (short for Calpurnia) . Supposing Him to be the Gardener is a shout out to Mary Magdalene, my hero.
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