FIVE UNNAMED WOMEN IN GOSPEL OF LUKE

Simon's Mother-in-Law

Jesus chose this un-named woman of little status. He reached out to her and healed her, just as we must reach out and offer what healing we can to those who need us, especially those who society might look down upon.

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Woman with a 12-year Haemorrhage

Jesus teaches us that it’s important to be attentive to people and movements around me. In the crush of the crowds, in the busy-ness of the day, somebody might be reaching out to me.

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A Sinful Woman Anointed Jesus

Noticing how Jesus is in this encounter gives us some hints about how we should be in our encounters with other people - especially wounded people, people on the margins, people who are excluded from society, from family, from conversation, from consideration.

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The Persistent Widow

The widow's persistence in pursuing the judge and justice mirrors the heart of God. God is a persistent lover, who pursues us and will never let us go. There is nowhere you can go where God has not gone before, and there is no place where you can hide from God’s love.

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The Widow Who Gave Two Coins

When we look below the surface, perhaps this story is not about money at all. Perhaps it’s not just about money, but about giving of our time, energy, abilities to others even when we are tired or very busy. Perhaps this is about giving when it’s really hard, when you think you have very little left to give.

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Meet Anne Walsh, D.Min., Redemptorist Lay Missionary

Anne Walsh is a native Newfoundlander who was born, raised and received her early education in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

She is a Lay Missionary of the Most Holy Redeemer, and currently works with the Redemptorists as Special Assistant for Partnership in Mission and as a member of the Redemptorist Adult Faith Formation Team. Anne is a teacher, and has taught at all levels in Newfoundland and Labrador schools , and served as a coordinator of religious education at the School Board and Diocesan levels.

Anne has worked in youth ministry and university chaplaincy.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Education), a Diploma in Fine Arts, a Certificate in Youth Ministry Studies and a Master of Religious Education. Dr. Walsh received her Doctor of Ministry degree at St. Stephen’s College, Edmonton. She is a member of the CCCB National Advisory Committee on Adult Catechesis, co-chair of the Partnership in Mission Commission for the English-speaking Redemptorists in Canada, co-chair of the Redemptorist North American Secretariat for Partnership in

Mission, a member of the Redemptorist General Secrétariat for Evangelization and chair of the Redemptorist General Commission for Partnership in Mission She was the principal writer for On Good Soil: Pastoral Planning for Evangelization and Catechesis with Adults.