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May 2022
Through our baptism, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and God are with us forever. As Christ taught his disciples to "be One with Him", we, too, need to learn to change our hearts, to be One With God, and to follow His example and teaching....
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May 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter, 05/22/2022. Jesus, when giving Peace to the disciples, used the word “Shalom”–God’s Peace—not peace as the world understands, Peace with the fullness of God’s blessings. Through our baptism, we, too, are inheritors of Shalom, God’s Peace. Readings: Acts 16: 9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21: 10, 22- 22:5; John 14: 23-29) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist–6th Sunday of Easter Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving Resource Link: CEB Stewardship 2022 Link: Independent Movie Study 2022...
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May 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 5th Sunday of Easter, 05/15/2022, “Love Like Jesus” At our baptism, the Holy Spirit entered us and we are part of the “Body of Christ”–as we continue to grow and to allow Jesus and the Holy Spirit to work with us, our good deeds should come from the heart as a natural part of who we are–as Jesus’s acts were a natural part of who He was (when they were reported). As we can, more and more, “Love Like Jesus” our living will manifest itself in......
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May 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter, 05/08/2022. Listen for the Voice of Jesus with the ears of our heart. Now is the time to listen to our Shepherd’s voice. (Readings: Acts 9: 36-43; Hymn 663 (replacing Psalm 23); Revelation 7: 9-17; John 10: 22-30) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist–4th Sunday of Easter–Zoom Gallery View Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving Resource Link: CEB Stewardship 2022 Link: Independent Movie Study 2022...
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Apr 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, 04/24/2022. In today’s Gospel (John 20), one of the apostles, Thomas, who was not present the first time Jesus showed himself after He had risen, said he would not believe that Jesus had risen until he had put his hands on the holes in Jesus’s hands and his hand into the hole in Jesus’s side. When Jesus did appear before Thomas, Thomas was the first to say “My Lord and My God.” Jesus said to Thomas how much greater it is to......
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Apr 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for The Great Vigil of Easter, Holy Saturday, 04/16/2022 While Easter is about the Resurrection of Jesus, Holy Saturday is about Jesus’ Empty Tomb–and where he went when he destroyed death. We were crucified with Christ Jesus in baptism and will arise with him in Glory. (Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26; Genesis 22:1-18; Psalm 16; Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21; Canticle 8 – Exodus 15:1-6, 11-13, 17-18; Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 143; The Epistle – Romans 6:3-11; Luke 24:1-12) YouTube Link: The Great Vigil of Easter–Holy Saturday–04/16/2022 Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online......
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Apr 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 5th Sunday in Lent, 04/03/2022. (Readings: Isaiah 43: 16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3: 4b-14; John 12: 1-8) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist–5th Sunday in Lent, 04/03/2022 Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving Resource Link: CEB Stewardship 2022 Link: Independent Movie Study 2022 Link: Calvary 2022 Lenten Schedule ...
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Mar 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 4th Sunday in Lent, 03/27/2022 Gospel–“The Prodigal Son”–His father was an “Ambassador for Christ”–which Paul speaks about in the second lesson for today. We, too, are Ambassadors for Christ. (Readings: Joshua 5: 9- 12; Psalm 32:1-12; 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21; Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist, 4th Sunday in Lent, Zoom Speaker View Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving Resource Link: CEB Stewardship 2022 Link: Independent Movie Study 2022 Link: Calvary 2022 Lenten Schedule ...
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Mar 2022
Lenten Wednesday evening service–this week, Stations of the Cross for Ukraine. Full service including bulletin. Readings: The 14 Stations of the Cross, augmented by eye-witness accounts from the ongoing war in Ukraine. Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving Resource Link: CEB Stewardship 2022 Link: Independent Movie Study 2022 Link: Calvary 2022 Lenten Schedule...
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Mar 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, 03/20/2022. Includes full readings and Gospel. Readings indicate times when God’s followers were complacent and were destroyed. Gospel includes a parable about a fig tree not producing fruit. Lent is a time for spiritual action, not for complacency. (Readings: Exodus 3: 1-15, Psalm 63; 1 Corinthians 10: 1-13; Luke 13: 1-9) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist–3rd Sunday in Lent–03/20/2022–Zoom Speaker View Link: CEB Stewardship 2022 Link: Independent Movie Study 2022 Link: Calvary 2022 Lenten Schedule...
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