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…
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B June 30, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Wisdom 1:13-15;2:23-24 | Psalm 30:2;4-6;11-13 II Corinthians 8;7-9;11-13 | Mark 5:21-43 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Last week, we saw how Jesus calmed the storm at sea. He subjected his apostles to the test of fear, thus helping them to arrive at true faith and confidence in…
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time June 16, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Ezekiel 17:22-24 | Psalm 92:2-3;13-16 II Corinthians 5:6-10 | Mark 4:26-34 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. In the early days of Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, among our parishioners was a retired Roman Catholic Priest named Dick Matgen. I recall that he wrote a blog. In one of his posts, he…
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B June 09 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Exodus 17:22-24 | Psalm 92:2-3;14-16 II Corinthians 5:6-10 | Mark 4:26-31 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. At my first reading of today’s lectionary scriptures from Genesis, Corinthians, and Mark, they seemed to be in disparity with each other, but upon closer examination and study, they all share…
Trinity Sunday · May 26, 2024 · 10:30 AM Sadrac Camacho Dt 4:32-34, 39-40; Ps 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22; Rom 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Some months ago I was engaging in dialogue online regarding the Trinity and came across a cartoon from a channel called “Lutheran Satire.” The creator’s protestant heritage isn’t exactly relevant to the point I want to make,…