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Dec 2022
While Christ is the Son of God, rather than threatening humans with His power and might, God had Jesus come to us as an infant, someone loving and needing to be loved and cared for....
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Nov 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for Thanksgiving Day, 11/24/2022. (Readings: Deuteronomy 26: 1-11; Psalm 100; Philippians 4: 1-9; John 6: 25-35) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist–Thanksgiving Day, 11/24/2022 Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving Resource Link: CEB Stewardship 2022 Link: Independent Movie Study 2022...
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Nov 2022
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 revised and edited.” Fr Mike reminds us that we are to reflect the image of Christ and to allow Jesus to do the revising and editing so that we, too, can become saints. (Readings: Daniel 7: 1-3, 15-18; Psalm – 149; Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6: 20-36) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist–All Saints Sunday–22nd Sunday after Pentecost Link: Tithe.ly–Our......
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Oct 2022
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 home totally reforms the tax collector. We need to invite Jesus into our homes. Imagine Jesus saying to us, “I must stay at your house today.” (Readings: Habakkuk 1: 1-4, 2: 1-4; Psalm 119: 137-144; 2 Thessalonians 1: 1-4, 11-12; Luke 19: 1-10) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist, 21st Sunday after Pentecost, 10/30/2022 Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving Resource ......
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17
Oct 2022
How much more responsive than an unjust judge will God be to the persistent pleas of His people?...
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10
Oct 2022
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 to praise Him. Jesus tells him that his faith has made him well. This Samaritan leper was open to Jesus’s love, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and grace. As baptized Christians, we, too, are called to be open to Christ’s love, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and grace and to share it with those around us. (Readings: Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7;......
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Aug 2022
We are called to be like Jesus. The world needs Christ's love and mercy today. We are blessed through baptism to be with Christ and He is with us always. Our lives need to be a reflection to everyone who sees us of Christ's Love and Mercy....
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05
Jun 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for Pentecost Sunday, 06/05/2022. Jesus shared the Holy Spirit with his apostles through His breath. After His crucifixion and resurrection, the Holy Spirit came to the Early Christians in Jerusalem gathered for a harvest festival called the Pentecost. The Holy Spirit has come to each of us at our baptism. The Holy Spirit is our direct connection to God. We can invite the Holy Spirit to help us to become the best Christians we can be. (Readings: Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104: 25-35, 37; Romans 8:22-27; John 14 8......
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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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