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...
Category: Pray Daily to Build Your Relationship with God / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
July 30, 2023
The Holy Spirit is with us from the moment we are baptized. The Holy Spirit knows us inside out and has direct connection and communication with God. For us to build our relationship with God, it...
Category: Shining at the End of the Age / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
July 24, 2023
Weeds can distract us from the mission we received at our baptism, to follow Jesus Christ's example and to spread the Good News in our lives. Our goal is to be "shining like the sun...
Category: Tilling Our Soil / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
July 16, 2023
As baptised Christians, it is up to us to till our soil so that it is fertile ground for the Word of God . . ."as for what was sown on good soil, this is...
Category: Come to Me and I will give You Rest / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
July 10, 2023
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, 07/09/2023. Jesus Christ empowers us to follow Him and to deal with the challenges we face in the world. (Readings: Genesis 24:34 38, 42 49,...
Category: After Consecration of Calvary Episcopal Church, and Joy / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
July 03, 2023
Calvary Episcopal Church was given to the Episcopal Diocese by its builder, John VanNortwick, 142 years ago. Consecration dedicates the building to worship, community, service, and joy--following Christ's teaching and example.
Category: Dead to Sin: Alive to God / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
June 25, 2023
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, 06/25/2023–Mass on the Grass In the Second Lesson today, (Romans 6: 1b-11) Paul reminds us that, in our baptism, we were made dead to sin....
Category: Sheep without a Shepherd / Speaker: The Reverend Michael D. Rasicci
June 18, 2023
Jesus sends His disciples out to the Jewish population, asking them to spread the Good Word, to heal the sick, raise the dead, and to bring the Good News to the lost people of Israel. At...
