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…
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…