<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I found this one to be exceptionally good.  Blessings, Catherine</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Catholic Women Preach</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:info@catholicwomenpreach.org">info@catholicwomenpreach.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 at 16:31<br>Subject: Martha Ligas Preaches for the Solemnity of the Ascension<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:catherine.walther@gmail.com">catherine.walther@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg429121550686863727"><u></u>

  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
        
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
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                                                <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;color:#3a2240">Preaching for the Solemnity of the Ascension, Martha Ligas offers a reflection on proclaiming the Gospel by following the example of creation:</p>
                                                <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;color:#3a2240"><strong><em>"Our invitation, then, is not to tell others how they are to live. Instead, we are called to lean into our own becoming. The more we can learn to live boldly as ourselves, with integrity, with confidence, and with purpose, the more we will become the Body of Christ that our Christian faith compels us to become. This is how we are to evangelize— by demonstrating what it means to be embodied, fully alive, and rooted in purpose." </em></strong></p>
                                                <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;color:#3a2240"><span style="font-size:11px"><strong>Martha Ligas (she/her)</strong> serves as the Pastoral Minister at the Community of St. Peter in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Communications Coordinator at FutureChurch. Both spaces give her room to ride the coattails of the Spirit by reimagining what it means to create faith communities of belonging. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Ministry from Fordham University. Martha lives in Cleveland, OH with her partner and their pets.</span></p>
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                                                <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;color:#3a2240">Preaching for Pentecost Sunday, Maureen O'Connell offers a reflection on becoming a people:</p>
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                                                <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:15px;line-height:150%;color:#3a2240"><strong>Maureen O'Connell</strong> is professor of Christian ethics at La Salle University in Philadelphia and director of synod and higher education engagement for Discerning Deacons.<br></p>
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