August 13, 2023: "The Love of God Conquers All" with Sara Fairbanks, OP
Sara Fairbanks, OP preaches for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, offering a reflection on God's love conquering all: "Elijah whispers to us across the centuries, what keeps hope alive in the shadow of the cross is God’s ever-present, unsurpassed love, making us 'participants in the divine nature' (2 Pet 1:4) and 'friends of God, and prophets' (Ws 7:27)...Rooted in God’s love, perhaps we will become like Jesus, whom Catherine of Siena called a 'mad lover' who ran to his cross. 'It was not nails,' she says, 'but love that kept him on the cross.'" Dr. Sara Fairbanks, OP, is an Adrian Dominican Sister. She is currently a professor of homiletics at Aquinas Institute in Saint Louis, Missouri. Before going to Aquinas, she taught systematic theology for twenty years at Barry University in Miami, Florida. Sara holds a Master of Theology from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis and a Doctorate in Theology at the University of St. Michael’s College, the Toronto School of Theology in Toronto, Canada. Her areas of expertise are homiletics, theology of lay ecclesial ministry, theology of preaching, practical theology and Christian anthropology. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/08132023 to learn more about Sara, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
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