A35: The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
In today’s sermon, from Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 and Romans 8:26-39, Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, tells the story of Thelma, an African American woman who attended the cathedral...
A26: The Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A (2020)
Father Michael Renninger, Pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, remembers showing a visitor around the sanctuary of his church. I don’t like your cross,” the man said. “Why?” Renninger asked “Look at...
A24: The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A (2020)
Have you ever had someone tell you that you look like or act like your parents? This is true for Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia. He says that the...
A12: The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (2020)
Perhaps you’re familiar with that scene from The Princess Bride, where the impressive priest begins the wedding ceremony by saying, “Mawage. Mawage is what bwings us togever today. And wove…twue wove…will follow wherever you go.”...
C51: The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
Imagine being called into your boss’s office and being told that you’re just not cut out for your position, the one you had dreamed about as a child. Michael Renninger pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic...