Second Sunday in Lent – Year C March 16, 2025 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Genesis 15:5-12;17-18 | Psalm 27:1;7-9;13-14 Philippians 3:20-4:1 | Luke 9:28b-36 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. The Transfiguration of Jesus is the main focus on this Second Sunday of Lent. This event is described in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and Mark and is a pivotal moment in…
First Sunday of Lent – Year C March 9, 2025 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Sadrac Camacho Deuteronomy 26:4-10 | Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 Romans 10:8-13 | Luke 4:1-13 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” But they…
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C February 16, 2025 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Rev. David Justin Lynch Jeremiah 17:5-8 | Psalm 1:1-4;6 I Corinthians 15:12;16-20| Luke 6:17;20-26 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Our conservative sisters and brothers in the Southeastern area of the United States have sometimes prevailed on their legislatures to mandate the posting in public schools the Protestant version…
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C February 09, 2024 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Isaiah 6:1-2A;3-8 | Psalm 138:1-5;7-8 I Corinthians 15:3-8;11 | Luke 5:1-11 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Are you a disciple? Discipleship, according to Christian theology, is the act of following and learning from Jesus. It involves imitating His teachings, embodying His values, and…
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord – Year C February 2, 2025 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Sadrac Camacho Malachi 3:1-4 | Psalm 24:7, 8, 9, 10 Hebrews 2:14-18 | Luke 2:22-40 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. It’s Christmas. Well–kind of. 40 days after Christmas. Today’s liturgical feast of the Presentation of the Lord wraps up the Christmas story, 40 days after the fact,…
Third Sunday In Ordinary Time – Year C January 26, 2025 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community, Palm Springs, CA Rev. David Justin Lynch Nehemiah 8:2-4A;5-6;8-10 | Psalm 19:8-10;15 1 Corinthians 12:12-14;27 | Luke 1:1-4;4:14-21 + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Christians of the Protestant tradition often accuse those of the Catholic tradition of neglecting scripture. Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is, however, that Catholics…
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 19, 2025 – 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community – Palm Springs, CA Deacon Sharon Kay Talley Isaiah 62:1-5 | Psalm 96:1-3:7-10 I Corinthians 12:4-11 | John 2:1-11 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. The Baptism of the Lord, which Sadrac spoke about last week, marks a pivotal moment in the life of Jesus as recounted in the Gospels. This sacred event not only…
Baptism of the Lord – Year C January 12, 2025 10:30 AM Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Sadrac Camacho Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 | Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 Acts 10:34-38 | Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 +In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, AMEN. Ayn Rand was a Russian-American author and philosopher of the 20th century. As a former subject of the Soviet Union, it does not come as a surprise that her works often…