December 10, 2023: ”Actively Patient” with Sarah Hansman

Preaching for the Second Sunday of Advent, Sarah Hansman offers a reflection on "preparing the way": "Yes, change takes time. The arc is long. We must be patient. But, being patient does not mean slowing down our efforts. Patience does not ask me to stay silent for fear of rocking the boat nor delaying until everyone is ready for change; for they may never be. Patience means do the work. Prepare the way! Just don’t give up in the face of slow progress." Sarah Hansman (she/her) is currently an MDiv student at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry. She has directed numerous retreats, worked as the development manager for the nonprofit Women’s Foundation of Boston, serves weekly at a medium security men’s prison, and spent this past summer as a chaplain at Massachusetts General Hospital. Sarah sees preaching as an act of resistance and hope. She plans to pursue doctoral studies, with a desire to engage questions and positive reconstructions of embodiment, sexuality, and gender in Catholic contexts. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/12102023 to learn more about Sarah, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.