MY work
The program for the feast day celebration at Mt Carmel featured art by Laura James commissioned by Rita Houlihan
She, Miriam Migdala, had the ears to hear. Such amazing ears that she could still receive his teachings, and hear his voice, after he died. And she had the voice to proclaim those teachings. As it says in the Gospel of John, she TOLD them what he taught her. The Greek verb for what she does is is apangello and it means ‘she proclaimed, she made known openly, she declared.’
She had the ears to hear and the voice to proclaim
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Recovering from coronovirus in the spring of 2020, and in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, I found myself revisiting our human relationship to “darkness” and putting words to something deep within.
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Thrilled to share my passion for this female source of joy and truth in a video homily for Catholic Women Preach.
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“Strength and honor are her clothing. She shall rejoice in times to come.”
Proverbs 31:25
In a rare opportunity to give a homily at Mass in 2017, I shared my translation of Proverbs 31 and introduced folks to the powerful female ancestors behind this bit of scripture: a guild of weaving women enjoying their creativity and industry, while supporting the next generation of female business owners.
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In May of 2012 I was asked by two ministries at my parish — Gay Catholics and Catholic Lesbians — to give the homily at the anniversary LGBT Mass. I explored the way shame has affected the papacy, and how we all can experience truth and love and Christ beyond that shame.
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Work photo by Joeri Römer on Unsplash (adapted)
Additional photo credits: Adam Had a Womb, Jacob Aguilar-Friend (Unsplash, adapted); Homilies, Mar Newhall (Unsplash, adapted); Bible & Psychoanalysis, Victoriano Isquirdo (Unsplash, adapted); Biblical Fiction, Jose Murillo (Unsplash, adapted); Society, aesthetics of crisis (adapted); Mystic Mama, Michael D Beckwith (Unsplash, adapted); Bible Studies, Preston Pownell (Unsplash, adapted).