Look, a spear! With Deborah Wilhelm

Preaching for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (February 20, 2022), Deborah Wilhelm offers a reflection on pausing before springing to action:

"That pause for conversation is a gift; it only takes place because everyone’s asleep--and as the text says, that deep sleep is the work of the Lord. This conversation is in that liminal space, neither here nor there, in which decisions are made and carried out, and lives are changed. Because at some point in our lives, we're all going to be Saul--broken, vulnerable, and nevertheless anointed by God."

Deborah Wilhelm, DMin, is Adjunct Professor of Preaching and Evangelization at the Aquinas Institute of Theology, where she also co-directs the Delaplane Preaching Initiative; in addition, she lectures in practical theology at Loyola University New Orleans. She is co-author, with Bishop Sylvester Ryan, of Preaching Matters: A Praxis for Preachers, and co-author of the upcoming 2023 Year A edition of Living the Word.

Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/02202022 to learn more about Deborah or to read her preaching text and for more preaching from Catholic women.