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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 19th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/08/2023, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL (Readings: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20; Psalm 19; Philippians 3:4B-14; Matthew 21:33-46) YouTube Link: 2023-10-08–Holistic Eucharist–19th Sunday after Pentecost Link: CEB Stewardship 2024 Link: Independent Movie Study 2023 Link: PayPal–Our Online Giving Resource ...
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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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Sep 2023
In today's Gospel, Jesus tells of a wealthy owner of a vineyard who goes to the village several times in one day, looking for workers in his field. The last ones he hired received the same pay as those who came early in the day. "The last shall be first and the first shall be last."...
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Sep 2023
In the Gospel today, Jesus tells the story of a merciless servant who, after being forgiven an enormous debt by his lord, refuses to forgive another servant of a much smaller debt. The servant's lord is angry and has the merciless servant tortured until the debt is paid in full. Jesus says that God will do likewise with us unless we can forgive from the heart....
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Sep 2023
To love, we must forgive. When we cannot forgive, we bind ourselves in ways that impact us and those around us....
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Aug 2023
Through our baptism, we, too, are on a mission for God and are forever growing into it. After we depart this world, we are still growing in the kingdom of God, "going from strength to strength in a life of perfect service to the Lord."...
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Aug 2023
Through our baptism, we, too, have been given gifts and are called by God. We need to follow Christ's example of loving, faith, and forgiveness. Forgiveness does not always mean reconciliation--especially in cases of any form of abuse. Forgiveness means letting go--and letting God. Ask God today to help you be more forgiving and see what new comes forward in your life....
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Aug 2023
In today's Gospel (Matthew 14:22-33), Matthew describes a time when Jesus Christ walked toward their boat over a storm-tossed lake. Peter, after asking if it was really Jesus, asked Jesus to call him to come to Him over the water. Jesus told Peter, "Come" and Peter started out--then lost his nerve and started to sink. As Jesus reached out to Peter, he told him to have faith.
We, too, need to grow in our faith in Jesus Christ, reaching out to him often....
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