December 26, 2021: Complicated People and Complicated Relationships with Emily Garvey

Preaching for the Feast of the Holy Family, Emily Garvey offers a reflection on complicated people and complicated relationships:   "Today celebrates Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, complicated people who behaved in complicated ways. But they loved God, they loved one another, and they loved others. Their humanity probably leaked out in some messy ways. But they kept trying - they kept putting on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. They bore one another and forgave each other."   Emily Garvey currently works for the University of Notre Dame in a program that brings together a summer long justice learning immersion for undergraduates with tenets of Catholic Social Teaching. She is a lifelong Catholic and a mother to two sons, one of whom is transgender. Since 2015, Emily has engaged in respectful dialogue, in public and in private, about Catholicism and gender diversity. She holds Master’s degree in Systematic Theology from the University of Notre Dame.    Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/12262021 to learn more about Emily, to watch her video or to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.