(Georgia Micoli reflects on Cycle A readings for the third Sunday of Lent for parishes with candidates and or catechumens preparing to celebrate the Easter Sacraments of Initiation. We will return to Cycle B readings next week)Readings: Exodus 17: 3-7; Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8; John 4: 5-42Click here to download a PDF of this homily.Preacher: Georgia MicoliIn the Gospel story… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3: 2-3a, 5-6, Matthew 2: 1-12 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli Haven’t we all from time to time gazed up at the stars? They appear brighter away from city lights or during the dark winter evenings when the earth is farthest from the sun. I ponder how ships… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 66: 18-21; Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13; Luke 13: 22-30Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli Over the last few weeks, Luke has presented an arduous road that Jesus has set before us. The parable of the master of the house tells us that “many” will be excluded from the Kingdom of God.… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6, Psalm 72:1-2,7-8,10-13, Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6, Matthew 2:1-12 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli Several years ago, my husband and I had the opportunity to travel to the Holy Land. One of our stops was to go into the West Bank and visit Bethlehem where we celebrated Christmas Mass. During the… read more →
Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; 1Corinthians 7: 32-35; Mark 1: 21-28 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli In the gospel, we find Jesus in Capernaum, a lovely setting overlooking the Sea of Galilee, much like Canandaigua Lake in Western New York. In this first chapter of Mark, Jesus begins his public ministry, teaching “with authority”… read more →
Readings: Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25: 1-13 Click here to download a PDF of this homily. Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli Readings: Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25: 1-13 Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli Who doesn’t like going to a wedding? It is a joyous occasion where two people profess their love to each other. It is celebrated with… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7; Romans 11: 13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli In today’s gospel reading, Jesus is curiously far from Galilee, in a pagan area close to the towns of Tyre and Sidon on the Mediterranean Sea. In the context of earlier events in Matthew’s gospel, we can see both Jesus’ humanity and his divinity. In the… read more →
Readings: Zephaniah 2: 3, 3: 12-13; 1 Corinthians 1: 26-31; Matthew 5: 1-12A Preacher: Gee Gee Micoli Several years ago, I read the book Proof of Heaven, the true story of a neurosurgeon who did not believe in God. At the peak of his career, he developed bacterial meningitis and was declared brain dead. His story recalls his son pleading… read more →
Readings: Isaiah 43: 16-21; Philippians 3: 8-14; John 8: 1-11 Reflection by Gee Gee Micoli We have all experienced tough times during our lives. We find ourselves in places where we would just rather not be, maybe when we have taken risks or just didn’t think things completely through. Some of us have been hurt or are alive only by… read more →