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Apr 2024
By virtue of our Christian baptism, we are Children of God--born by water and the Spirit, the Lord (Jesus Christ) is our Shepherd. He is inside of us (along with the Holy Spirit) and we know His voice. Through Him, we have eternal life....
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Mar 2024
I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."...
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Feb 2024
We, too, have a responsibility to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Part of this sharing is through outreach throughout the world on World Mission Sunday. Our collection will be divided between World Mission Outreach and our two companion dioceses, Southeast Mexico and Renk, South Sudan. (Use the PayPal QR code to donate online)...
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Jan 2024
n today's Gospel (Mark 1: 21-28), Jesus displays His authority by removing an unclean spirit from a man. This was a start to the expansion of Jesus's ministry. Jesus calls to us to expand our ministry--we need to listen....
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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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Jul 2023
The Holy Spirit is with us from the moment we are baptized. The Holy Spirit knows us inside out and has direct connection and communication with God.
For us to build our relationship with God, it is important for us to pray daily, to discern the presence of God in our lives, and for our lives to reflect Christ's love and teaching.
The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer offers a great resource for prayer....
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Jul 2023
Weeds can distract us from the mission we received at our baptism, to follow Jesus Christ's example and to spread the Good News in our lives. Our goal is to be "shining like the sun in the kingdom of God at the end of the age."...
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Jul 2023
As baptised Christians, it is up to us to till our soil so that it is fertile ground for the Word of God . . ."as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.” (Matthew 13: 23)...
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May 2023
We receive the Holy Spirit at Baptism and the Holy Spirit is with us throughout our lives. When we invoke the Holy Spirit in our lives, we can become immersed in Christ's love and mercy and find ourselves extending this same love and mercy out into the world. Rather than being shy, we need to embrace the Holy Spirit inside of us....
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