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Jan 2024
![Happy New Year! Holy Name of Jesus](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-01-Homily-The-Holy-Name-of-Jesus-Thumbnail.png)
Through our baptism, we, too, are children of God and Jesus lives in us and we in him. Our lives, more and more, need to reflect the love and the good that Jesus does....
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04
Jun 2023
![Mystery of the Holy Trinity](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-06-04-Mystery-of-the-Holy-Trinity-Trinity-Sunday-1st-Sunday-after-Pentecost-Homily-Thumbnail.png)
As we need to live the "mystery of our lives," so, too, do we need to live the "Mystery of the Holy Trinity"--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Through baptism, the Holy Spirit is brought to us and is an essential part of our lives. Through the Holy Spirit, we also tap into the Christ and into the Father--the "three-in-one." Through Holy Communion (the Eucharist), we participate with all three aspects of God....
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Jun 2022
!["When the Holy Spirit Comes"--Homily--Trinity Sunday](https://calvaryepiscopalbatavia.church/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/When-the-Holy-Spirit-Comes-Homily-Thumbnail.jpg)
Fr Michael Rasicci’s homily for Trinity Sunday, 06/12/2022. The Trinity is a mystery–one God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus told His disciples that he had more to teach them and that they could not bear it while Jesus was with them. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to them to teach them and to inspire them. Each of us receives the Holy Spirit at our baptism. We need to allow the Holy Spirit to teach us as well. (Readings: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15) YouTube......
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