THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH God Hears Our Prayers
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THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH God Hears Our Prayers

AS THE KING PRAYS IN THE TEMPLE, HE RECALLS ALL GOD HAS DONE FOR HIM, JESUS ENCOURAGES US TO USE THE GIFT OF FAITH THAT WE HAVE IN HIM…AND PASS IT ON! GOD HEARS OUR PRAYERS..AND OUR FAITH IS ENOUGH! Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS…

JESUS BRINGS HOPE 3rd Week of Ordinary Time
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JESUS BRINGS HOPE 3rd Week of Ordinary Time

FR LOUIS SCURTI PRESENTS A ‘REFLECTION ON THE SCRIPTURES’ FOR THE 3RD WEEK OF THE YEAR. HE FOCUSES ON THE GLOOM THAT GOD PROMISES TO LIFT, AND EVENTUALLY DOES LIFT WHEN JESUS COMES ANNOUNCING THE KINGDOM. JESUS BRINGS HOPE…THE FOCUS OF THE HOMILY. WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEWORD.ORG FR LOUIS INVITES YOUR PRAYERS: [email protected] Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org…

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…AND IT BEGINS AGAIN 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time, 2020

  AS THE ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR BEGINS AGAIN, WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO JESUS AND ACCEPT THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. FR LOUIS SCURTI SHARES MEMORIES OF THE JORDAN RIVER AND PILGRIMAGE HE CHAPERONED AS WE HEAR JOHN THE BAPTIST AND JOHN THE EVANGELIST SHARE THEIR INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. St….

SOMETIMES WE LOSE Ordinary Time 2020
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SOMETIMES WE LOSE Ordinary Time 2020

AFTER JESUS CURES THE LEPER, HE ORDERS HIM TO BE QUIET, HE DOESN’T OBEY, THE ISRAELITES LOSE THE WAR AGAINST THE PHILISTINES. SOMETIMES THE FAITHFUL PERSON LOSES! YET WE HAVE HOPE! 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.: http://bit.ly/2qGY8Tl

LOVE HEALS Epiphany Week Stories of Jesus
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LOVE HEALS Epiphany Week Stories of Jesus

AS WE CONTINUE IN THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, WE HEAR OF THE WORK OF JESUS AN HIS MIRACLES. REFERENCING JOHN’S EPISTLES, FR LOUIS SCURTI FOCUSES ON THE MESSAGE OF LOVE AS APPLIED TO THE ACTIONS OF JESUS. HE ALSO ENCOURAGES US TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF LOVE.   Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community…

LOVE REMOVES FEAR Christmas Weekday
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LOVE REMOVES FEAR Christmas Weekday

FEAR VS LOVE. JOHN CONTNUES TO REMIND US THAT GOD IS LOVE AND TRUE LOVE REMOVES FEAR. FR LOUIS SCURTI USES THE SCRIPTURES OF JOHN’S EPISTLE AND MARK’S GOSPEL OF JESUS WALKING ON THE SEA OF TIBERIUS. FR LOUIS ALSO RECALL HIS EXPERIENCES ON HIS PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND, ON THE SEA OF TIBERIUS…

JESUS INVITES US TO LIVE ORDINARY LIVES Epiphany Week 2020

JESUS INVITES US TO LIVE ORDINARY LIVES Epiphany Week 2020

AS JESUS ENTERS HIS SYNOGOGUE TO READ FROM ISAIAH AND SURPRISES THE CONGREGATION WITH HIS COMMENTARY, IN A WAY, HE BEGINS HIS ORDINARY PUBLIC LIFE, FULFILLING THE PROPHECY. HE ALSO GIVES US A CLUE TO THE ORDINARY LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN. FR LOUIS SCURTI CELEBRATES AT ST. CECELIA. CLEARWATER, FL Jesus reads Isaiah Ruins of…

ENDING AND BEGINNING A DECADE WITH THE WORD
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ENDING AND BEGINNING A DECADE WITH THE WORD

WHILE THE WORLD AWAITS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DECADE, THE LAST GOSPEL OF THE LITURGICAL YEAR OPENS WITH THE GREAT BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH. FR LOUIS SCURTI FOCUSES ON THE BEGINNING AND ENDING OF  2019-2020.   Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org…

WHEN THE WORD BECAME FLESH Pilgrimage Mass at the Church of the Annunciation
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WHEN THE WORD BECAME FLESH Pilgrimage Mass at the Church of the Annunciation

AT THE ANNUNCIATION AND MARYS’FIAT, THE WORD OF GOD TOOK FLESH IN MARY. OUR PILGRIMAGE CELEBRATED MASS AT THE CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH, ADJACENT TO THE BASILICA OF THE ANNUNCIATION. Fr Louis Scurti was the Chaplain of a Jetvacations Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with St Johns Parish, Naples, FLORIDA