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Mar 2023
By giving the blind man his sight, Jesus Christ restored more than sight to him. The formerly blind man had a new life. To receive his sight, the blind man had to wash in a pool--in the picture.
This is also symbolic of baptism, with people baptized by water and the Holy Spirit. As we read more about the blind man, we see that he is becoming more aware of Spirit through the reading, eventually recognizing Jesus Christ as Lord and worshiping him....
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22
Feb 2023
Fr Robert Deshaies homily for World Mission Sunday, the Last Sunday after the Epiphany, 02/19/2023–Food for the Poor The founder of Food for the Poor, living in Jamaica, was profoundly impacted when he heard God’s voice in a dream with the message from Matthew 25: “I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me. I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.......
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29
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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25
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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06
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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31
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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21
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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