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 12, 2014

Easter 4 May 11, 2014 The Sheep Fold is as Varied as the Stars in the Sky

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+The Parable of the Good Shepherd, the first ten verses of which Pete just read as today’s Gospel, is, when you give it a careful and though...

Monday, May 5, 2014

Easter 3, May 4, 2014, Knowing the Easter Story

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An Easter Poem We believe that God is alive. then God meets us on the road and opens our eyes. And we know that God is alive. We belie...

Monday, April 28, 2014

Deacon Pete's sermon Easter 2 Yr A April 27, 2014

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Nicknames are a funny thing. And, in my family, we are experts on nicknames, all of my father’s siblings were called by names they were not...

Monday, April 21, 2014

Easter Day 2014

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+Alleluia He Is Risen! Alleluia Jesus is Alive! Alleluia the strife is o’er! Alleluia, Easter has come again! This is really big news fo...

Easter Vigil 2014

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+ Several years ago, a 9 year old girl asked me why we go through Holy Week every year. After all, she said, we know it works out in the end...

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Amazing, Messy Grace Lent IV 2014

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Theologian Rick Morley refers to the story of the Man Blind since birth as the "Dirt n' spit n' love Gospel." He's rig...

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Lent 3 March 23 2014

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+Last week, while making a presentation to the Bishop’s Endowment Committee, I experienced elitism and sexism. While I can’t tell you what a...

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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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