Category: Listen for the Voice of Jesus / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
May 10, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter, 05/08/2022. Listen for the Voice of Jesus with the ears of our heart. Now is the time to listen to our Shepherd’s voice. (Readings: Acts...
Category: "Do You Love Me?" / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
May 01, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, 05/01/2022. This was the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after His resurrection. He asks Simon Peter this question three times, then gives Simon...
Category: Thomas: "My Lord and My God" / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
April 25, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, 04/24/2022. In today’s Gospel (John 20), one of the apostles, Thomas, who was not present the first time Jesus showed himself after He had risen,...
Category: He Is Risen / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
April 17, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for Easter Day, 04/17/2022, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL While the Great Vigil of Easter, last night, focused on Jesus’ Empty Tomb, on Easter Sunday, we focus on the Risen Christ...
Category: Jesus' Empty Tomb / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
April 17, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for The Great Vigil of Easter, Holy Saturday, 04/16/2022 While Easter is about the Resurrection of Jesus, Holy Saturday is about Jesus’ Empty Tomb–and where he went when he destroyed death....
Category: for Crucifying You a Second Time / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
April 11, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for Palm Sunday, 04/10/2022 Readings: The Palm Gospel – Luke 19:29-40; Isaiah 50: 4-9A; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2: 5-11; The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ )...
Category: We Live Here and Now--In Union with Christ / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
April 03, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 5th Sunday in Lent, 04/03/2022. (Readings: Isaiah 43: 16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3: 4b-14; John 12: 1-8) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist–5th Sunday in Lent, 04/03/2022 Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving...
Category: We Are Ambassadors for Christ / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
March 28, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 4th Sunday in Lent, 03/27/2022 Gospel–“The Prodigal Son”–His father was an “Ambassador for Christ”–which Paul speaks about in the second lesson for today. We, too, are Ambassadors for Christ....
Category: Stations of the Cross for Ukraine / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
March 24, 2022
Lenten Wednesday evening service–this week, Stations of the Cross for Ukraine. Full service including bulletin. Readings: The 14 Stations of the Cross, augmented by eye-witness accounts from the ongoing war in Ukraine. Link: Tithe.ly–Our...
Category: Lent--Time for Spiritual Action--Not Complacency / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
March 21, 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, 03/20/2022. Includes full readings and Gospel. Readings indicate times when God’s followers were complacent and were destroyed. Gospel includes a parable about a fig tree...
