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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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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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01
May 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, 05/01/2022. This was the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after His resurrection. He asks Simon Peter this question three times, then gives Simon Peter a command each time–‘Feed my lambs.’ “Tend my sheep.” “Feed my sheep.” “Follow me.” As baptized Christians, the Holy Spirit and the Christ are with us and within us. Challenge: Allow Christ through the Holy Spirit to ask us, “Do You Love Me?” and be aware of how we want to respond and what commands Christ......
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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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17
Apr 2022
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for Easter Day, 04/17/2022, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL While the Great Vigil of Easter, last night, focused on Jesus’ Empty Tomb, on Easter Sunday, we focus on the Risen Christ and the Resurrected Christ and what that means for each and all of us. Readings: Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15: 19 26; Luke 24:1-12) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist–Easter Sunday–04/17/2022 Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving Resource Link: CEB Stewardship 2022 Link: Independent Movie Study 2022...
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17
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 Palm Sunday, 04/10/2022 Readings: The Palm Gospel – Luke 19:29-40; Isaiah 50: 4-9A; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2: 5-11; The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ ) YouTube Link: –Holistic Eucharist–Palm Sunday–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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