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Nov 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 fulfill our purpose....
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Nov 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, believers thought that it would happen in their lifetimes. Today we still don't know. God's love through Christ and the Holy Spirit fills us and helps us to stay on course and to be ready. We have a mission to fulfill while we are here--becoming more Christ-like in word and deed. We need to remain aware of......
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Oct 2023
In today's troubling times, it may be difficult at times and we need to remember to "Render to God the things that are God's."...
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Oct 2023
Today's Gospel is on the Parable of the Wedding Feast. Near the end of the Gospel, the King enters to see the guests. . . "“When the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe, and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing......
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Oct 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: CEB Stewardship 2024 Link: Independent Movie Study 2023 Link: PayPal–Our Online Giving Resource ...
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