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THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY, 2020

By[email protected] December 8, 2020

READINGS OF THE FEAST THE FEAST CELEBRATING THE CONCEPTION OF JESUS IN THE WOMB OF MARY. FR LOUIS SCURTI SHARES HIS PERSONAL DEVOTION TO MARY, ON THE 47th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD, Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC.: PAYPAL.ME/FRIENDSOFTHEWORD…

DO WE REALLY WANT THE LORD TO RETURN TO RESTORE US? HOMILY ADVENT 2

By[email protected] December 6, 2020

READINGS OF THE DAY FR LOUIS SCURTI’S HOMILY IS A CHALLENGE TO US TO PREPARE FOR THE RETURN OF THE LORD, WITH SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, OR REJECT HIS RETURN! Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC.:PAYPAL.ME/FRIENDSOFTHEWORD

BRINGING THE WORD INTO THE WORLD St Francis Xavier

By[email protected] December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

MASS READINGS THE SCRIPTURES OF THE DAY SEEM TO BE ST FRANCIS XAVIER’S MANDATE, TO CARRY THE WORD, JESUS, INTO THE WORLD. IT SERVES AS OUR MANDATE, AS WELL. FR SCURTI CELEBRATES THE MASS DURING THE ADVENT SEASON. THE READINGS ARE PRESENTED SEPARATELY. Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate…

HE’S COMING…PREPARE! ADVENT 1, 2020

By[email protected] November 29, 2020November 29, 2020

FR RICHARD BAKER PROCLAIMS THE GOSPEL AND FR LOUIS SCURTI PREACHES THE HOMILY “HE’S COMING; PREPARE”, ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT, 2020 (B cycle). MASS IS CELEBRATED AT ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE, MANHATTAN, NY. Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC.: PAYPAL.ME/FRIENDSOFTHEWORD

THANKSGIVING 2020, Invited to the Table of the Lord

By[email protected] November 26, 2020

THE READINGS OF THANKSGIVING DAY REMIND US TO ALWAYS GIVE THANKS, AND TO NEVER LOOK DOWN ON ANYONE! JESUS ALWAYS WELCOMES US TO THIS TABLE. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC.:PAYPAL.ME/FRIENDSOFTHEWORD

HOMILY ST CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA

By[email protected] November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

IN HIS HOMILY, COMMEMORTATING ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA, FR LOUIS SCURTI NOTES THAT HER FEAST COMES DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR SO THE READINGS REFLECT APOCALYPTIC THEMES AS APPLICABLE TO ST. CATHERINE. READINGS OF THE DAY Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF…

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HOMILY THE BEGINNING OF THE END St Andrew Duc

By[email protected] November 24, 2020

THE FEAST OF ST. ANDREW DUC IS CELEBRATED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR. THE READINGS ARE APPLIED TO HIM AS WELL AS THE LITURGICAL. FR LOUIS SCURTI PREACHES THE HOMILY BASED ON THE ‘BEGINNING OF THE END’. READINGS OF THE DAY Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook:…

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JESUS OUR IRONIC KING Feast of Christ the King of the Universe

By[email protected] November 22, 2020November 22, 2020

JESUS GIVES US AN INVITATION AND CHALLENGE. WE ARE INVITED INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, IF WE ACCEPT THE TERMS….THE WORKS OF MERCY. FR LOUIS SCURTI PRESENTS THE HOMILY OF THE FEAST OF CHRST THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE, AS THE ‘IRONIC KING’. READINGS ARE SEPARATE: READINGS FROM SACRED SCRIPTURE OF CHRIST THE KING Check…

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES Homily Getting Ready 33rd Week

By[email protected] November 20, 2020November 19, 2020

THE THEME OF TODAY’S HOMILY IS APOCALYPTIC, THE END TIMES. FR LOUIS SCURTI PRESENTS THEM IN HIS HOMILY FOCUSING ON PREPARING OUR WORLD AS ‘PRIESTS’ PRESENTING IT TO CHRIST…WHILE BRINGING CHRIST TO ALL PEOPLE. READINGS OF THE DAY Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE…

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OUR CHURCH FROM CREATION TO TODAY Honoring the Dedication of the Basilicae of Sts. Peter & Paul

By[email protected] November 19, 2020November 19, 2020

IN HONOR OF THE HISTORICAL PLACE OF THE DEDICATION OF THE BASILICAE OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL, FR LOUIS TARCES THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR CATHOLIC CHURCH FROM CREATION TO TODAY. AFTER THE HOMILY, FR LOUIS ANOINTS A PARISHIONER WHO IS UNDERGOING MEDICAL TESTS. The Holy Scriptures of the Day are below: HOLY SCRIPTURE READINGS…