Carol J. Dempsey, Ph.D., a Dominican Sister from Caldwell, New Jersey and professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Portland, Oregon, is the author of eight books, editor of ten books, and is currently working on Isaiah for Liturgical Press’ Wisdom Commentary Series. She specializes in Prophets and feminist hermeneutics.
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Fifth Sunday of Lent: We are not dead
Scripture for Life: Dare we allow the stones that encase and entomb the spirit be rolled away so that the spirit can be the life-giving force and transformative energy it is meant to be?
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Feast of the Holy Family: The 21st-century 'holy family'
Scripture for Life: Family relationships are often complex, complicated and ever-changing. Families today are diverse. Power relations within families are also diverse.
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Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Hunger affects us all
Scripture for Life: This Sunday's readings are about hunger, both the inability to experience it and the experience of it.
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Invitation to mission
Scripture for Life: This journey is grounded in the knowledge that I am an ordinary person on the road of life, traveling alongside everyone else as we make our way in this world together.