Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C October 23, 2022 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Sirach 35:12-14;16-18 | Psalm 34: 2-2;19-14;23 II Timothy 4:6-8;16-18 | Luke 18:9-15 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. I’ve been around church all my life, most of it either at the Altar or in the choir stall. I’ve been called a sacristy rat, a sacred music junkie, and…
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C October 02, 2022 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Habakkuk 1:2-3;2:2-4 | Psalm 95:1-2;6-9 II Timothy 1:6-8;13-14 | Luke 17:5-10 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. I just finished reading a book recommended by Bishop Peter Hickman titled “People of the Lie” by Dr. Scott Peck. This book was first published in 1983, but I shied away from…
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C September 25, 2022 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Rev. David Justin Lynch Amos 6:1a;4-7 | Psalm 148:7-10 I Timothy 6:11-16 | Luke 16:19-31 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Many people have told me that I ask too many questions. They tell me that rather than engaging in a conversation, they feel that I am interrogating them….
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C September 05 2022 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Wisdom 9:13-18b | Psalm 90:3-6;12-14;17 Philemon 9-10;12-17 | Luke 14:25-33 +in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Do you want to be a disciple of Jesus? If so, Jesus explains in today’s Gospel from Luke what it takes to be a true disciple. There are basically two components involved:…
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C August 28, 2022 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Sirach 3:17-18;20;28-30 | Psalm 68:4-7;10-11 Hebrews 12:18-19;22-24a | Luke 14:1;7-14 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. I grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. Greenwich is the East Coast equivalent of Indian Wells, California. I attended both private and public high schools, but the attitude of the students at…
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C August 07 2022 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Wisdom 18:6-9 | Psalm 33:1;12;18-22 Hebrews 11:1-2;8-12 | Luke 12:35-40 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Have you ever fallen asleep while involved in an activity or event when you should have been focusing your attention on it? When I was in my twenties and teaching school, some…
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C July 24, 2022 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Rev. David Justin Lynch Genesis 18:20-32| Psalm 138:1-3;6-8 Colossians 2:12-14 | Luke 11:1-13 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Last Sunday, Deacon Sharon preached an elegant and incisive homily about holy hospitality as taught in the stories of Abraham, Sarah, and the angels at the Oaks of Mamre and that of the…
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C July 17, 2022 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Genesis 18:1-10a | Psalm 15:2-5 I Corinthians 1:24-28 | Luke 10:38-42 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Have you ever gotten so involved with something that you forgot why you were even doing it? Father Mark Lin told a story to his congregation about a father…