Preaching for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Patricia A. Parachini, SNJM invites us to give consent to God's invitation in our own lives:
"Consenting to God’s call in our lives can be a difficult process and sometimes even emotionally draining It often requires a response based on very little information. As you know from your own experience, consent requires a leap of faith and courage. Think of the many ways throughout your life that God has invited you to consider something new."
Patricia A. Parachini, SNJM, D.Min, is a Sister of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, living in Silver Spring, Maryland. Pat is a theologian and spiritual director. Pat has ministered as a professor of pastoral theology, preaching and spiritual direction in several graduate schools of ministry, i.e. Loyola University in Baltimore, the Washington Theological Union (WTU), St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore and the Catholic University of America. Pat has worked in various other ministeries: spiritual direction, hospital chaplaincy, campus ministry, catechetics, and teaching in elementary and high school. Pat contributes reflections to the liturgical aid, Give Us This Day. She has had two books published on lay preaching and has written two chapters published in edited books about preaching.
Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/12082022 to learn more about Pat, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.
