Louis was Catholic, and he built the Sainte Chapelle (“Holy Chapel”) on the Île de la Cité in the centre of Paris. It is thought that the French monarchy was trying to establish the kingdom of France as the “new Jerusalem.” Louis IX tried to make France, which was seen as being a very religious…
https://youtu.be/gZaD3FTHhWg 21ST SUNDAY OF THE YEAR…AND JESUS HAS A QUESTION FOR US. HE ASKS IT AT MT. HEBRON, CAESAREA PHILLIPI, AT THE ‘GATES OF HELL’, ACCORDING TO LOCAL BELIEFS! FR LOUIS SCURTI FOCUSES ON THE HUMANITY AND SELF-AWARENESS OF JESUS AND ASKS US THE SAME QUESTION. Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on…
FR LOUIS SCURTI INTEVIEWS LISA CALABRESE WHO IS THE PARISH MANAGER FOR ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE CHURCH, MANHATTAN AND ST. CABRINI CHURCH, ROOSEVELT ISLAND. FR LOUIS & LISA DISCUSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HER MINISTRY AND HER FAMILY & ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS AS A CHRISTIAN WOMAN. Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate…
ON THE FEAST OF ST. BERNARD, THE READINGS COME FROM SIRACH AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN THE THEME IS UNITING OURSELVES WITH JESUS AND WISDOM! FR LOUIS SCURTI SOLICITS ASSISTANCE FROM A 7 YEAR OLD BOY, TIMKO, CITING HIS WISDOM. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.Friendso… Donate and support…
FR LOUIS SCURTI INTEVIEWS LISA CALABRESE WHO IS THE PARISH MANAGER FOR ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE CHURCH, MANHATTAN AND ST. CABRINI CHURCH, ROOSEVELT ISLAND. FR LOUIS & LISA DISCUSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HER MINISTRY AND HER FAMILY & ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS AS A CHRISTIAN WOMAN. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org…
HAVING BEEN CRITIQUED THAT HIS HOMILIES ARE TOO ‘POLITICAL’ FR LOUIS SCURTI FOCUSES ON THE 21ST CENTURY PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH, AND THE ORIGINS OF THE PERSECUTIONS FROM THE TIME OF JESUS. HE REFERS TO THE LETTER OF PETER & THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, THE READINGS FOR ST. HIPPOLYTUS. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org…
LITURGY OF THE WORD AND HOMILY. JEZEBEL, AHAB, PAUL, JESUS AND THE 12……! AN ADVENTURE AT 3 AM! ON THE SEA OF GALILEE. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC. PO BOX 7994 Haledon, NJ 07508 MT. HOREB, THE CAVE OF ELIJIAH
Last April, we launched our first virtual choir project, Coldplay’s “Fix You.” This was our way of honoring the graduating seniors in our choir. Four months later, with the pandemic still in our midst, we would like to share our latest offering: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Pie Jesu” from his Requiem. We decided to put together…
ON THE FEAST OF ST. MARTHA, FR LOUIS SCURTI RECALLS TWO OTHER SISTERS AS HE COMMEMORATES MARTHA AND HER SISTER, MARY. THE FOCUS OF THE HOMILY IS ORA ET LABORA, WORK AND PRAYER. At St. Frances Cabrini Church, Roosevelt Island, NY. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and…
FR LOUIS SCURTI COMMEMORATES ST. BRIDGET OF SWEDEN WHILE HONORING ALL WOMEN OF THE CHURCH. ST. BRIDGET WAS A WIFE, MOTHER OF TEN, A MYSTIC AND FOUNDER OF A RELIGIOUS ORDER THAT CARED FOR THE POOR WHILE FOCUSING ON CHRIST IN THEIR LIVES. Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org…