Category: Follow me--I will make you fishers of men / Speaker: The Rev Doctor Mark Tusken
January 22, 2024
In today's Gospel reading, (Mark 1: 14-20) and in Luke 5: (1-11), Jesus demonstrates His gifts and calls His disciples to him. They immediately leave what they were doing and follow him. How are we...
Category: You Will See Greater Things / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
January 15, 2024
Homily–“If You Believe, You Will See Greater Things” Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany, 01/14/2024, “Companion Diocese Sunday” In today’s Gospel (John 1: 43-51), Jesus begins to expand his teaching...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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;...
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...
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...
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,...
