The Lord's Prayer is a powerful spiritual tool that has fostered faith in the heart of believers since the time of Christ. This potent prayer, however, packs an added punch: it demands that we forgive one another as God forgives us.
February 28, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
Jesus teaches the disciples about the grace of the corporal works of mercy, revealing how these profound acts of service to those in need have eternal consequences for us all.
February 27, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
Let's explore some of the themes we find in the Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday of Lent.
February 27, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
The Lord's triumph over temptation heals the first sin of Adam and Eve, blazing a trail for us as we draw strength from Christ for perseverance and mercy.
February 25, 2023 - St. William Catholic Church - Foxboro, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
Like the call of Levi, Jesus calls us to turn from our sins and follow the Lord. May Levi's example inspire us to accept Christ's invitation with joyful enthusiasm today.
February 25, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
Come, Holy Spirit! is a six week series of presentations on the Holy Spirit. This first presentation explores who is the Holy Spirit and how we understand the Spirit at work through salvation history. This 1st talk was given by Fr. Andrew at Cathedral of Christ the King in Superior, WI on February 23, 2023.
February 23, 2023 - Cathedral of Christ the King - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
As disciples of the Lord Jesus, we recognize that the Cross is an essential part of our spiritual lives.
February 23, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
We begin the season of Lent by acknowledging our sins and admitting our faults. Rather than blame others or hide from our shortcomings, we place ashes on our foreheads as a sign and confession that we need Jesus to receive forgiveness and mercy.
February 22, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
Jesus uses a child to teach the disciples how to live with trusting simplicity. When we are tempted to seek positions of favor and power, we are directed instead to take the Lord's hand and follow his lead.
February 21, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
After the disciples fail, Jesus drives out a demon from a little child. He later explains to them about the crucial role of prayer in the life of faith.
February, 20, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
Here are some of the powerful themes that surface in the Mass readings for the 1st Sunday of Lent.
February 20, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
It's (in my pastoral opinion) the toughest teaching of Jesus, and it challenges us to call down help from Heaven to carry it out. May we honestly consider who is difficult to love in our lives today and strive with the Lord's help to love...even our enemies.
The Letter to the Hebrews reminds us that "faith is the realization of what is hoped for, and evidence of things not seen." May our faith be strengthened by God's grace, so that we might persevere in times of struggle and strife.
February 18, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
As the people began to reject the Lord's injunction to spread out over the earth, their desire to congregate together and build a tower to the heavens reveals their pride. May we take the lesson to heart and humbly acknowledge this nasty sin whenever it surfaces in our souls.
February 17, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
God blesses Noah and makes a covenant. May we see God's blessings abound in our own lives as we turn to the Lord.
February 16, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
As dry land reappears, Noah leaves the ark and makes an offering to God.
February 15, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
As God prepares to flood the earth and rid it of all wickedness, Noah finds favor with the Lord and enters the ark with his family and the animals.
February 14, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
Cain's murder of his brother, Abel, reveals the destructive power of sin in our world.
February 13, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
Here are some of the themes that surface in the readings for the 7th Sunday of the Year.
February 13, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
The Book of Sirach reminds us to choose wisely as we confront the daily decisions before us. Not only is it crucial what we choose; we are also defined be how we choose to do it.
As God confronts Adam and Eve about their actions, we discern the natural consequences of sin, whereby division arises and separates us from the Lord and one another.
February 11, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
The serpent tempts Adam and Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Once they commit this Original Sin, their relationships begin to unravel with God.
February 10, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
God creates a woman as a suitable partner for the man, and they are in harmony with creation and one another.
February 9, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com
God leads Adam to the garden of Eden and there he is given the command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
February 8, 2023 - Cathedral Rectory - Superior, WI
Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com