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.

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Funeral Homily for Paul Guinn

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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...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Doubt gives us time to catch up to the reality of our lives. Wilson and Burt Easter 2 April 23, 2017

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+Doubting Thomas. Poor guy...he gets a bum rap. Every single year preachers tackle this gospel with some version of “Thomas shouldn’t be cal...
Saturday, April 15, 2017

The Journey of Holy Week is the Journey of our Lives Easter Vigil 2017 Trinity Hamburg

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I have given a version of this sermon several times, each time adapted for the setting. + Several years ago, a 9 year old girl asked me wh...
Friday, April 14, 2017

It’s Not Finished Until Our Work is Done Good Friday Meditation on ‘It Is Finished’ St. John’s Grace 2017

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Thank you for being here…I’m serious! Holy Week isn’t particularly popular. And Good Friday? C’mon… So THANK YOU for spending these hours ...
Monday, March 27, 2017

Lent IV A Grace Lockport How Dirt 'n Spit 'n Love Lead to Amazing Grace

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[This is a recast of a sermon given three years ago. But it was, once again, what I wanted to say, so with a few tweaks, here it is] +Theo...
Monday, March 6, 2017

Lent 1 Yr A March 5, 2017

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So, I had a sermon written for this morning. There was nothing wrong with that sermon at all. BUT ever since Ash Wednesday, something has be...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Sometimes, God Can’t Be Contained Transfiguration, Last Epiphany 2017

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Have you ever been transfigured-- so affected by an experience that your actual appearance—how you look, how you carry yourself, changes? It...
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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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