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.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Funeral Homily for Richard Cekalske 11.28.18

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+St Paul says: So, we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. It was...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

A King Unlike Any Other. Christ the King Sunday, 2018 St. Philip's , Buffalo

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+Have you caught “Hamilton Fever” yet? All of this Hamilton hoopla reminded me of a wonderful theater experience I had many years ago when I...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

Finding Abundance in Scarcity, Joy in Despair and Light in Darkness: A Personal Sermon of Grief and Thanksgiving. November 18, 2018 (Thanksgiving Propers) St John’s Grace

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+I have to be frank with you, writing a sermon based on the Thanksgiving Day propers was a challenge for me this year. It hasn’t been a terr...
Sunday, October 21, 2018

The Rose Doesn’t Know Fear. Proper 25B Trinity Church, Buffalo 21 October 2018

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What happened to tolerance? To embracing difference? To the Golden rule? To Love? When did we become such a me first, I’m the best, we’re t...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

“Receive God’s Love or Try and Thread that Camel through the Eye of a Needle. Your Choice” Oct. 14, 2018 St Luke’s

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+ Have you ever thought about how we receive communion? We come forward, often smiling at friends we pass along the way, then we either kne...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

Proper 22 Yr B St Martin’s Grand Island God’s Listening? Are we Talking?

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+“Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” For us to fully and truly be who ...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

Running Toward God in Genesee County LEROY Running Toward God In Genesee County STAFFORD Proper 21B

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STAFFORD +There’s an image from today’s readings that I just couldn’t shake all week.  It’s from the Collect of the Day—reading, in part: ...
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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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