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Jul 2024
![Feeling the Compassion of Christ](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-21-Homily-Feeling-the-Compassion-of-Christ-Thumbnail.png)
In today's Gospel (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56), Jesus Christ felt compassion for the crowds that gathered around him. He acted out of that compassion. We, too, can feel that compassion and respond to it--feeding the hungry, helping those around us....
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15
Jul 2024
![Peace, Be Still--God's Got This!](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-14-Ross-Neir-Homily-Peace-Gods-Got-This.png)
After the attempted assassination of former President Trump yesterday, two theologians marked the occasion by reminding Christians of the importance of bringing forward Christ's love, grace, and peace in all situations....
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30
Jun 2024
![Jesus Wants to Give Us Abundant Life](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-30-Homily-Jesus-Wants-to-Give-Us-Life-Thumbnail.png)
In today's Gospel (Mark 5), Jesus gives abundant life to two people. Looking at Jesus's miracles, it is clear that he gives us abundant life--now and for eternity....
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16
Jun 2024
![Parable of Growing Our Church](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-16-Parable-of-Growing-Our-Church-Thumbnail.png)
Our church has grown and evolved in all the years since then--sometimes with more members, sometimes with fewer members. We have never been huge. God looks into our hearts, and has planted a seed within each of us. We come together in Calvary to worship, to praise God, to learn, and to share. God helps us grow as individuals and as a parish community....
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10
Jun 2024
![Allow the Holy Spirit and the Christ to Guide Us from the Inside Out](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-09-Allow-the-Holy-Spirit-and-the-Christ-to-Lead-Us-from-the-Inside-Out.png)
"Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day" 2 Corinthians 4
As baptized Christians, the Holy Spirit and the Christ are within each of us. As part of our learning and experiencing life, we need to allow the Holy Spirit and the Christ to lead us from the inside out....
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02
Jun 2024
28
May 2024
![Holy Trinity--Triune God](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-26-Homily-Holy-Trinity-Triune-God-Thumbnail.png)
When we pray, "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" we are consciously reconnecting to God. As baptized Christians, the Holy Spirit is always with us and, because these three aspects of God are always connected, God is always with us. We need to remember this. God is with us in good times and bad times. Through Jesus Christ, we are promised eternal life with God....
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12
May 2024
![Jesus's High Priestly Prayer](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-12-Homily-Jesuss-Priestly-Prayer-7th-SOE-Thumbnail.png)
In today's Gospel (John 17: 6-19) Jesus prays for His disciples and the prayer extends to all baptised Christians....
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06
May 2024
!["I Chose You"](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-05-Homily-I-Chose-You-6th-SOE-Thumbnail.png)
In today's Gospel, (John 15) Jesus tells his disciples to love one another. He also tells them that "I chose you." As baptised Christians, we, too, are chosen and have God's work to do. Christ is in us and with us. We need to remember to reach to Him and that we are here to do His work....
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28
Apr 2024
![How Can We Abide in Christ when Our Lives are Constantly Changing?](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-04-28-Homily-How-Can-We-Abide-in-Jesus-when-Our-Lives-are-Constantly-Changing-Thumbnail.png)
The Gospel today says we need to "abide in Jesus". Given how much our lives are constantly changing, that can be challenging--and at the same time, vitally important....
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