Posts by Joanne Huestis-Dalrymple
Mission, Community, Discipleship
The themes in today’s gospel from Luke are mission, community, and discipleship. God calls each of us to these things. However, they look different for everyone because we were created uniquely. We each have our own calling. God uses us in big and small ways and they are equally important because together we make up…
Read MoreHow God Used My Child
I love this gospel reading from Luke. “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.” I pray those are the words I will hear when I enter eternity. This gospel reading is filled with hope for all sinners. While I believe God is very much a just God and reprimands us, gives us lessons for…
Read MoreLebowitz
It is no secret that my favorite hobby is reading. I devour books the way my husband enjoys a good steak. This summer, one of my book clubs decided to read A Canticle for Lebowitz. “A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic social science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published…
Read MoreMercy Over Sacrifice
Years ago, the director of religious education at my former parish asked if I could help out as a sponsor for the RCIA program. I had no idea how much I would learn and relearn! It was great. One evening the director posed this question, “Is it wrong for a mother who can’t feed her…
Read MoreFear of the Lord
Today’s first reading brings to mind that saying, “What goes around, comes around.” There was a popular song when I was younger and part of the lyrics were, “you get what you put in, and people get what they deserve.” My husband and I have had some discussion about that last line. Do people get…
Read MoreMade Anew
“Behold, I make all things new” Revelation 21:5. Last week marked the one-year date of me falling and breaking both of my wrists and then needing bilateral surgery. I had a metal plate put in each wrist. To commemorate the day, I made a reel, or a video of pictures and videos to music, documenting…
Read MoreThe Summit
Driving up the hill of Aspetuck Ave, one could sense she was happening upon something very special. The quiet road was lined with trees as large and ancient looking as the mind can imagine. Up, up, until at last a scene out of a movie sat before me. A gorgeous New England boarding school campus…
Read MoreA New Heart, A New Spirit
Last weekend our priest gave a homily challenging us to focus on the virtue that is the opposite of the sin(s) we commit most. I thought it was a highly creative way of encouraging some deep self-reflection with sound solutions for the problem of sin. Not coincidentally, a couple of days later, I happened upon…
Read MoreNoah, a Flood, and a Promise
Today’s first reading tells of the story of Noah and the flood that wiped the Earth of all living things aside from Noah and his family and the animals he was told to take. God promised not to destroy the Earth in this way ever again a few chapters later in Genesis 9. How merciful.…
Read MoreThe Path Less Traveled
Today’s first reading brings me back to childhood. My mother used to remind us children over and over that God sees all. He knows what we are thinking and going to do before we even do it! So, make the right choice she would always remind us. In the same breath, we were to understand…
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