Christmas Day – Year C December 25, 2024 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Isaiah 52:7-10 | Psalm 98:1-6 Hebrews 1:1-6 | John 1:1-18 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Today, I am absolutely thrilled to extend my Christmas blessings to all of you present today, either in person here at St. Cecilia’s or joining us online. As we gather together in celebration of the birth…
Christmas Eve 2024 – Sung Mass 7:00 PM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Rev. David Justin Lynch Isaiah 9:1-6 | Psalm 96:1-13;11-13 Titus 2:11-24 | Luke 2:1-14 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Who is your personal savior? Many Christians would reflexively say, “Jesus.” One of the key ideas that Christians affirm at Christmas is that Jesus is humanity’s savior. We hear it repeatedly: “Christ, Our Savior, is…
Third Sunday of Advent – Year C December 15, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Zephaniah 3:14-18 | Isaiah 12:2-6 Philippians 4:4-7 | Luke 3:10-18 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Advent is probably my favorite liturgical season as I believe it makes people more kind, friendly, and generous as they listen to all the beautiful Christmas music and are enjoying…
Second Sunday in Advent – Year C December 8, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Sadrac Camacho Isaiah 53:10-11 | Psalm 33:4-5;18-20;22 Hebrews 4:14-16 | Mark 10:35-45 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Sometimes the landscaping and lush green grass and trees trick us into forgetting that we really do live in the middle of a desert, the Colorado Desert, part of the Sonoran Desert to be…
First Sunday in Advent – Year C December 01, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Jeremiah 33:14-16 | Psalm 25:4-5;8-10;14 I Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 | Luke 21:25-28;34-36 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Several weeks ago, you heard Deacon Sharon preach about a coming apocalypse. What is an apocalypse? It is an event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale. While Revelation is…
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B October 20, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Isaiah 53:10-11 | Psalm 33:4-5;18-20;22 Hebrews 4:14-16 | Mark 10:35-45 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. One of the first questions I was asked when I commenced my journey to ordained ministry was, “Who is God for you?” I don’t recall exactly how I answered that question,…
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B October 13, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Wisdom 7:7-11 | Psalm 90:12-17 Hebrews 4:12-13 | Mark 10:17-30 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. When the wise old sage reached the outskirts of the village and settled under a tree for the night, a villager came running up to him and said, “the stone, the stone!…
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B October 13, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Sadrac Camacho Is 53:10-11 | Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 Heb 4:14-16 | Mk 10:35-45 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Families. They come in all shapes and sizes, especially in the 21st century. There used to be a time in Western society when the idealized, no, the required mode of familial…