Feast of Saint Michael & All Angels September 29, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Genesis 28:10-17 | Psalm 138 Revelation 12:7-12 | John 1:47-51 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. “Sing, choirs of Angels, sing in exaltation, sing all ye citizens of heaven above.” “Holy, Holy, Holy Lord. God of hosts, eternal king. By all heaven and earth adored, angels and archangels…
TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B September 22, 2024 Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Wisdom 2:12;17-20 | Psalm 54 James 3:16-4:3 | Mark 9:30-37 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. An excerpt from Corrie Ten Boom’s book, “Each New Day” reads, “When I saw Sadhu Sundar Singh, the world-renowned Christian missionary, in Europe, he had completed a tour around the world. People asked him, “Doesn’t…
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 08, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Isaiah 35:4-7a | Psalm 146:6-10 James 2:1-5 | Mark 7:31-37 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethnicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom…
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time/ Labor Day September 01, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Deuteronomy 4:1-2;6-8 | Psalm 15:2-5 James 1:17-18;21b-22;27 | Mark 7:1-8;14-15;21-23 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. As many of you know, I am a retired attorney. But I still pay attention to legal things. That’s why today’s First Readings and today’s Gospel caught my attention. Both are about how…
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B August 11, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley I Kings 19:4-8 | Psalm 34:2-9 Ephesians 4:30-5:2 | John 6:41-51 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Having faith and trust in God is a central tenet of many religions in the world. For Catholics like us, faith is seen as a belief in the unseen and…
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B August 04, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Exodus 12:2-4;12-15 | Psalm 78 3-4;23-25;54 Ephesians 4:17;20-24 | John 6:24-35 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. You’ve heard the saying, “Bread is the staff of life.” Bread, in one form or another, is beyond question the most basic form of food in practically every human society, past…
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time · July 21, 2024 · 10:30 AM Sadrac Camacho Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Sometimes while engaging in religious life the very act of dissecting, of splitting, right from wrong, foolishness from wisdom, in our heads, can also be a bit of a Trojan Horse for bad tendencies–for judgmental tendencies. We…
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B July 14, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Amos 7:12-15 | Psalm 85:9-14 Ephesians 1:3-14 | Mark 6:7-14 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Has God called upon you yet to become one of His prophets, to help bring the Word of God to others? When I was seven years old and in second grade at…