Desperation and Expansion

The podcast this week includes an opening prayer, the Gospel reading, sermon reflection, wondering question, a time to pray for family, neighbors, the Cities and world, and a blessing.

In her sermon Blair Pogue explores how the Syrophoenician woman, a gentile and outsider, changes Jesus. She is desperate to have her daughter healed, and in her desperation, she expands Jesus’ understanding of God’s mission and Kingdom or Reign.

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Image: Stained glass window from the National Cathedral, Washington, DC. Photograph (2016) by  Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P. Reproduced under CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr.