SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B July 19, 2015 Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. Dcn. David Justin Lynch Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 23 Ephesians 2:13-18 Mark 6:30-34 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. We’ve heard relentlessly from preachers, sociologists and psychologists that humans are social animals, that we are meant to live in communities, and that aloneness is pathological. People who’ve been single for many years past…
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B July 12, 2015 Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Palm Springs, California Rev. Dcn. David Justin Lynch Amos 7:12-15 Psalm 85:9-14 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:7-13 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Beeper and I recently got back from a vacation that took us to Emeryville, California, Denver, Colorado, Keystone, South Dakota (where we saw Mount Rushmore), Chicago, Illinois, and Saint Louis, Missouri….
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME June 20, 2015Church of the Beloved, Northglenn, ColoradoRev. Dcn. David Justin Lynch Job 38:1; 8-11 Psalm 107:23-26; 28-31 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 Mark 4:35-41 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. For those of you who don’t know me, I am the Pastor of Saint Cecilia Catholic Community in Palm Springs, California, a place with triple-digit temperatures, very little rain, and no snow, ever….
FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI June 07, 2015 St. Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. Dcn. David Justin Lynch Exodus 16:2-15;31-34. Psalm: 105:23-24;37-42 Cor: 10:16-17. Gospel: John 6:41-56 + In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. A few years ago, right here in Palm Springs, I had an encounter with a sidewalk evangelist who saw the cross on my shirt-collar and asked if I was a Christian. I said “Yes”. He then asked me,…
TRINITY SUNDAY – YEAR B May 31, 2015 Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. Dcn. David Justin Lynch Deuteronomy 4:32-34; 39-40 Psalm 33:4-6; 9; 18-20; 22 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 28:16-20 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. That sounds very appropriate for Trinity Sunday, doesn’t it? I begin my homilies that way because being a Trinitarian Christian is important to me. Not all Christians are Trinitarian. Our Unitarian sisters…
PENTECOST May 24, 2015 Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Rev. Dcn. David Justin Lynch Acts 2:1-11 Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34 Galatians 5:16-25 John 15:26-27; 16:12-15 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. The Greek New Testament uses the word “pneuma” hundreds of times. Its usual meaning is “spirit”, but it can also mean “breath” or “wind.” That is what Jesus was describing when He said that the apostles…
SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION May 17, 2015 Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Reverend Deacon David Justin Lynch Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47:2-3;6-9 Ephesians 1:17-23 Mark 16:15-20 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. In the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, a debate raged within the Church of England over whether Jesus was present in the Bread and Wine at the Eucharist. To give you some background, the Church of England, also known as…
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – MOTHER’S DAY May 10, 2015 Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Reverend Deacon David Justin Lynch Wisdom 3:1-9 Psalm 27:1-6 I John 4:7-10 John 15:9-17 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Mother’s Day is a challenge for preachers. Not only is it not a feast in the liturgical calendar, but it raises pastoral issues. Some people…