Archive (Homilies)

Jesus–I Must Stay at Your House Today

Category: Jesus--I Must Stay at Your House Today / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
October 31, 2022

Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, 10/30/2022. In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells Zacchaeus, a Jewish tax collector, that “I must stay at your house today.” Jesus’s presence in the tax collector’s...

God, Have Mercy on Me, a Sinner

Category: a Sinner, Have Mercy on Me / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
October 23, 2022

Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/23/2022. Jesus tells the parable about a Pharisee and a tax collector, The Pharisee was praising himself and the tax collector was asking God for...

Keep on Asking, Seeking, and Knocking

Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
October 17, 2022

How much more responsive than an unjust judge will God be to the persistent pleas of His people?

Christ Calls Us to Be Open to His Love, Mercy, Compassion, and Forgiveness and to Share That With Others
We Are Called to Serve Christ

Category: We Are Called to Serve Christ / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
October 02, 2022

Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/02/2022, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL, Jesus’s Disciples wanted to learn how to deepen their faith. Jesus told them that they had faith enough to...

Show Mercy and Compassion–Homily–16th Sunday after Pentecost
Called to Reflect Christ’s Love and Mercy

Category: Called to Reflect Christ's Love and Mercy / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
September 18, 2022

As Baptized Christians, we are called to reflect Christ's love and mercy into our world throughout our lives. We are called to reflect Christ as members of His body and to express Christ's loving and...

Jesus’s Call to Us and to First Responders

Category: Jesus's Call to Us and to First Responders / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
September 11, 2022

Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily on the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, 9/11/2022–Patriot’s Day–21st Anniversary after the Attack on America. September 11, 2001, is a day the United States will never forget. Remembering this day of suffering...

Who Do You Love? Putting Christ First

Category: Who Do You Love? Putting Christ First / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
September 05, 2022

Working with the Holy Spirit , Christ is remaking us as we live our lives. We need to put our focus on Christ and to imitate him in our daily lives.

God Loves Us and Calls Us to Be His Holy People

Category: God Calls Us to Be His Holy People / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
August 28, 2022

God loves us and we need to recognize, accept, and honor that love. God calls us to be His Holy People and Christ gives us some specific things to do as hosts for a dinner...


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