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.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Easter 5 Yr C What's Love Got to Do With It? Everything

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+In 1984 Tina Turner had a blockbuster hit song called “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” Now she wasn’t speaking about today’s readings, but...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Deacon Pete's Sermon for 4th Sunday of Easter 21 April 2013

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I don’t preach all that often, just once a month, and this is the second time in 5 months that I’ve had to rethink where my Sunday sermon w...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Shouting Alleluia in the Mundane of Daily Life April 14, 2013

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Last week while we were taking a few days off post-Holy Week, Pete and I watched a slide show of our wedding. Now we’d seen it before, but ...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Easter 2013: Never an Idle Tale

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+An idle tale. This is what the apostles thought when they first heard the women announce the empty tomb. It seemed outrageous, absurd, ri...
Friday, March 29, 2013

Tell, Hear, Remember Maundy Thursday 2013

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This sermon was first  given at St Paul’s Cathedral on April 9, 2009 +20 years ago as my father lay dying my extended family and I gather...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Deacon Pete's Palm Sunday Sermon

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We began today’s service with the Blessing of the Palms.  We heard the story of Jesus sending his disciples into the village to find a donk...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Hew our hearts, sow with tears and make room for Easter Lent V Yr C

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For me today’s Gospel is intensely vibrant. I imagine the colors of the robes, the dark pigment of the fruits and nuts and the deep hue of ...
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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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