Archive (Homilies)

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
Are You Wearing Your Wedding Garment?

Category: Are You Wearing Your Wedding Garment? / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
October 16, 2023

Today's Gospel is on the Parable of the Wedding Feast. Near the end of the Gospel, the King enters to see the guests. . . "“When the king came in to see the guests, he...

“How to Lose a Kingdom”

Category: How to Lose a Kingdom / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
October 11, 2023

Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/08/2023, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL   (Readings: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20; Psalm 19; Philippians 3:4B-14; Matthew 21:33-46) YouTube Link: 2023-10-08–Holistic Eucharist–19th Sunday after Pentecost ...

God Works Inside Us–Are We Listening?

Category: God Works Inside Us--Are We Listening? / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
October 02, 2023

Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/01/2023. Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL.   (Readings: Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32) YouTube Link: 2023-10-01–Holistic Eucharist–18th Sunday after Pentecost  Link:...

The Last Shall Be First and the First Shall Be Last
Forgive from the Heart

Category: Forgive from the Heart / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
September 17, 2023

In the Gospel today, Jesus tells the story of a merciless servant who, after being forgiven an enormous debt by his lord, refuses to forgive another servant of a much smaller debt. The servant's lord...

To Love We Must Forgive

Category: To Love We Must Forgive / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
September 11, 2023

To love, we must forgive. When we cannot forgive, we bind ourselves in ways that impact us and those around us.

Disciple–Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me

Speaker: The Rev Dr Markus Johnson
September 04, 2023

In today's Gospel, Jesus's response to Peter stands in direct contrast with Jesus's response to Peter last week after Peter shares that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah. Today, after Peter's outburst that...


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