B02: The Second Sunday of Advent, Year B (2020)
“It happened just the other day. I was doing some paperwork. Then my phone rang, and I had to get up from my desk to answer it. After a brief conversation, I sat back down...
A48: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
“I can do it myself!” eight year old Michael Renninger told his father as he tried to set up the pup tent. “I don’t need to tell you what a disaster ensued, but there was...
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...
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.”...
A04: The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A (2019)
“What are you dreaming about this Christmas?” asks Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia. In today’s passage, Matthew 1:18-25, we find Mary and Joseph dreaming, perhaps dreaming about their...