THE RISEN CHRIST IS A REALITY IN OUR LIVES April 26, 2020 – 10:30 AM THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, California Rev. David Justin Lynch Acts: 3:13-15;17-19 | Psalm 4:2;7-10 1 John 2:1-5 | Luke 14:35-48 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Deacon Sharon and I are fond of taking train trips, although we will not be doing so this year because of the…

Divine Mercy Sunday Year A April 19 2020 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Acts 2:42-47 | Psalm 118:2-4:13-15;22-24 1 Peter 1:3-9 | John 20:19-31 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.  A doubting Thomas in our society today is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience.  This is a direct reference to the Apostle Thomas, who refused to believe in the…

Easter Sunday – Year A April 12, 2020 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs CA Rev. David Justin Lynch Acts 10:34A; 37-34 | Psalm 118:1-2;6-7;21-23 Colossians 3:1-4 | John 20:1-9 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. This Easter Sunday is so strange. Last year, we had a full church, or close to it, on Easter Sunday. This year, however, we are closed to the public. Due…

Good Friday April 10 2020 – 7:00 PM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Isaiah  52:13-53:12 Psalm 31:2;6;12-13;15-16;17;25 Hebrews 4:14-16;5:7-9 John 18:1-19:42        + In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. This Good Friday is very different from any the world has ever known. Good Friday, as is commonly known, commemorates the death of Jesus, but in today’s contemporary encounter between a virus and humanity, we are no longer…

Fifth Sunday In Lent – Year A March 29 2020 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Ezekiel 37:12-14 | Psalm 130 Romans 8:8-11 | John 11:1-45        +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. On the island of Cyprus, in the northeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea, stands the ancient church of Saint Lazarus. Tradition says that this church was built above the grave of Lazarus, the…

Fourth Sunday in Lent – Year A March 22 2020 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev David Justin Lynch I Samuel 16:1b;6-7;10-13a | Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 | John 9:1-41        +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. I recently acquired a new window shade for the bedroom in which Deacon Sharon and I sleep every night. When that shade is down, the room is pitch black. There is…

Third Sunday Of Lent, Year A Saint Cecilia Catholic Community March 15 2020 – 10:30 AM Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Exodus 17:2-7 | Psalm 95:1-2;6-9 Romans 5:1-2;5-8 | John 4:5-52        + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. There is a story I’d like to share about four men who were adrift in the Atlantic Ocean near the equator.  They were so thirsty that they were trying to extract water…

ASH WEDNESDAY 2020 February 26, 2020, 7:00 PM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Joel 2:12-18 | Psalm 51:3-6;12-14;17 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 | Matthew 6:1-8;16-18        + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Today, we welcome, or should I say, begin to endure, yet another Lent. This season of penitence, of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, has changed significantly over my lifetime. When I was a young boy, the…