Archive (Homilies)

Baptism of Our Lord, Jesus Christ

Category: Baptism of Our Lord / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
January 07, 2024

God is further affirming Christ's role in salvation.We, too, need to keep manifesting Christ in our awareness.

Happy New Year! Holy Name of Jesus

Category: Happy New Year! The Holy Name of Jesus / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
January 01, 2024

Through our baptism, we, too, are children of God and Jesus lives in us and we in him. Our lives, more and more, need to reflect the love and the good that Jesus does.

Mary’s Choice Saved Us

Category: Mary's Choice Saved Us / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
December 26, 2023

Eve, a virgin promised to Adam, listened to the tempter and started the fall from the Garden of Eden. Mary, a virgin promised to Joseph, had a love of God in her heart and listened...

Jesus–Prince of Peace

Category: Jesus--Prince of Peace / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
December 26, 2023

As Baptized Christians, we are called to follow Christ's example and to become more loving in thought, word, and deed.

Keep Awake–Christ is Coming

Category: Keep Awake--Christ is Coming / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
December 04, 2023

Jesus Christ comes to us daily--in Communion, in our prayers. Advent looks at both Christ's first coming and His second coming. We need to remember to "Keep Awake"--Christ is Coming.  (Readings: Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18;...

Are We Making the Right Choices?

Category: Are We Making the Right Choices? / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
November 27, 2023

In today's Gospel (Matthew 25), Jesus speaks about judgment day when sheep will be separated from goats. Those who show kindness, mercy, caring "to the least of these" are rewarded with eternal life. Those who...

We Will Answer to God as to How We Used Our Gifts

Category: We Will Answer to God How We Used Our Gifts / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
November 20, 2023

We have been given gifts and a purpose in life--to become more Christlike in thought, word, and deed. At some point, we will answer to God (our "master") for how we used our gifts to...

Keep Awake–We Don’t Know the Day or the Hour

Category: Keep Awake--We don't know the day or the hour / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
November 13, 2023

In today's Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples to keep awake--they don't know the day or the hour that Jesus will come again in glory and all will be taken up to heaven. At the time,...

Heaven is Unknowable–We Choose Christ’s Love

Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
November 05, 2023

Thinking about what everlasting life in Heaven with Christ will be like is beyond our imagination. Some put forth their ideas and God has full control. We can choose to live our lives following Christ's...

How Do We Render to God the Things That Are Gods

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