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 ...
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:...
Category: The Last Shall Be First and the First Shall Be Last / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
September 24, 2023
In today's Gospel, Jesus tells of a wealthy owner of a vineyard who goes to the village several times in one day, looking for workers in his field. The last ones he hired received the...
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...
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.
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...
Category: Go from Strength to Strength, In Perfect Service to the Lord / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
August 27, 2023
Through our baptism, we, too, are on a mission for God and are forever growing into it. After we depart this world, we are still growing in the kingdom of God, "going from strength to...
Category: Loving--Faith--and--Forgiveness / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
August 21, 2023
Through our baptism, we, too, have been given gifts and are called by God. We need to follow Christ's example of loving, faith, and forgiveness. Forgiveness does not always mean reconciliation--especially in cases of any...
Category: Have Faith--Believe in Christ / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
August 13, 2023
In today's Gospel (Matthew 14:22-33), Matthew describes a time when Jesus Christ walked toward their boat over a storm-tossed lake. Peter, after asking if it was really Jesus, asked Jesus to call him to come...
Category: Ask Christ to Show His Glory / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
August 06, 2023
In today's Gospel, Luke describes the Transfiguration of Christ witnessed by the apostles. By virtue of our baptism, we, too, can know the Glory of Christ. We need to ask daily for Christ to Show...
