Category: Saint--a dead sinner revised and edited by Jesus Christ / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
November 06, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for All Saints Sunday–the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, 11/06/2022, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL Ambrose Pierce, famous humorist, wrote a comic dictionary in which he defined “Saint” as “a dead sinner...
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...
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...
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?
Category: Christ Calls Us to Be Open and to Share, Forgiveness, Forgiveness With Others / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
October 10, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/09/2022, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL. In today’s Gospel (Luke 17), Christ heals a Samaritan leper. The Samaritan returns to Jesus to thank Him and...
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...
Category: Show Mercy and Compassion / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
September 25, 2022
God gives all abundance, show mercy and compassion to those around us.
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...
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...
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.
