Compelled to Participate
October 18, 2026
21st Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 24 Year A
Matthew 22:15-22
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Source:
1) Marvin A. McMickle, “Matthew 22:15–22: Homiletical Perspective,” Feasting on the Word: Year A, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word: Year A volume), edited by David L. Bartlett and Barbara
Brown Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2011. Kindle edition, 476-479.
2) Rachel Cronberger and Kylie Crabb, “Episode A-248,” By the Well Podcast, October 11, 2023, accessed October 16, 2026: A 248 Pentecost 21
The Brutal Truth
October 4, 2026
19th Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 22 Year A
Matthew 21:33-46
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Source: William Barclay, The Parables of Jesus (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999), 140-145.
Advent: A Season of Hope
November 30, 2025
1st Sunday of Advent Year A
Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44; Psalm 122
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sister Karen Kapell speaks with Mildred “Tinker” Schuman, a tribal member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians as part of a ceremony on October 31, 2025 that celebrated the historic land transfer. (Courtesy of Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
Bishop James Powers, John D. Johnson, Sr., Tribal President of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and Sister Sue Ernster pose in front of the Marywood property which was returned to the Tribe on October 31, 2025. (Courtesy of Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
1 Adam Borneman, “The Three C’s of the Apocalypse: Proclaiming God’s Advent as Clash,
Comfort, Calling,” Journal for Preachers: Advent 2025, Volume XLIX, Number 1, The Ministry
Collaborative: 2025, 21, 22, 24.
2 Robin Washington, “Catholic nuns in Wisconsin return land bought in 1966 to an Indigenous
tribe,” NPR Weekend Edition Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. Accessed 11/29/2025:
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/29/nx-s1-5615173/catholic-nuns-in-wisconsin-return-land-
bought-in-1966-to-an-indigenous-tribe
The King and I
November 23, 2025
Christ the King Sunday, Proper 29 Year C
Luke 23:33-43
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
“About Christ the King,” Solemnity of Christ the King Background, First Freedom News,
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Website. Accessed 11/22/2025:
https://www.usccb.org/committees/religious-liberty/solemnity-christ-king-background.
