Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 24th (Last) Sunday after Pentecost, 11/20/2022 (Christ the King Sunday)–Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL Jesus Christ, the King of the Universe, is crucified between two thieves. One of the...
Saint–A Dead Sinner–Revised and Edited–by Jesus Christ
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for All Saints Sunday–the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, 11/06/2022, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL Ambrose Pierce, famous humorist, wrote a comic dictionary in which he defined “Saint” as “a dead sinner...
Jesus–I Must Stay at Your House Today
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, 10/30/2022. In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells Zacchaeus, a Jewish tax collector, that “I must stay at your house today.” Jesus’s presence in the tax collector’s...
God, Have Mercy on Me, a Sinner
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/23/2022. Jesus tells the parable about a Pharisee and a tax collector, The Pharisee was praising himself and the tax collector was asking God for...
Keep on Asking, Seeking, and Knocking
How much more responsive than an unjust judge will God be to the persistent pleas of His people?
Christ Calls Us to Be Open to His Love, Mercy, Compassion, and Forgiveness and to Share That With Others
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/09/2022, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL. In today’s Gospel (Luke 17), Christ heals a Samaritan leper. The Samaritan returns to Jesus to thank Him and...
We Are Called to Serve Christ
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/02/2022, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL, Jesus’s Disciples wanted to learn how to deepen their faith. Jesus told them that they had faith enough to...
Show Mercy and Compassion–Homily–16th Sunday after Pentecost
God gives all abundance, show mercy and compassion to those around us.
Called to Reflect Christ’s Love and Mercy
As Baptized Christians, we are called to reflect Christ's love and mercy into our world throughout our lives. We are called to reflect Christ as members of His body and to express Christ's loving and...
Jesus’s Call to Us and to First Responders
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily on the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, 9/11/2022–Patriot’s Day–21st Anniversary after the Attack on America. September 11, 2001, is a day the United States will never forget. Remembering this day of suffering...
