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, July 28, 2013

Going off script with God July 28, 2013 Proper 12

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I remember, soon after I was ordained, my mother asking me to offer grace before a family dinner. I was in town because a very close family...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Traveler July 14 2013

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+At 10:52 pm on Monday February 18 I received the following email from Jesse’s great grandmother Laurel: Dear Cathy, Jesse Stephen  was bo...

The Gospel of Me is no match for the Gospel of Us Pentecost 7 July 7, 2013

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The theologian Rene Girard's book on theology of non-violence is entitled: I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning. It's a fitting title si...
Monday, June 24, 2013

God calls, do w e answer? 6.23.13

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God sounds really angry in today’s reading from Isaiah. Ticked off to the max about those ungrateful Israelites, recently freed from Exile ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Sin Means We're Not God--Phew! Pentecost 4 June 16, 2013

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+I am a sinner. A big ol’ sinner. I miss the mark all the time. Sometime I don’t even try to do the right thing. Sometimes I know what the...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Jesus’ Ministry is not a Spectator Sport Proper 5, Yr C June 9, 2013

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The concept of this sermon is heavily extracted from “The Lectionary Lab” for Proper 5, Yr C . Direct Quotations are marked by brackets.(ht...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Being Humbled by the Prayer of Humble Access--June 2, 2013

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+This past week I was on a reading retreat-- an intentional time of rest, prayer and reflection fueled by my reading of two books—one by c...
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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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