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

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com January 19, 2020May 14, 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….

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SOMETIMES WE LOSE Ordinary Time 2020

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com January 16, 2020May 14, 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

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LOVE REMOVES FEAR Christmas Weekday

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com January 11, 2020May 14, 2020

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…

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JESUS INVITES US TO LIVE ORDINARY LIVES Epiphany Week 2020

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com January 9, 2020May 14, 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…

STS GREGORY & BASIL THE GREAT Fathers of the Church

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com January 2, 2020May 14, 2020

WITHOUT HISTORY AND SCRIPTURE WE WOULD NOT BE WHO WE ARE AS CATHOLICS. WITHOUT STS. GREGORY & BASIL WE WOULDN’T APPRECIATE OR CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS! FR LOUIS SCURIT SPEAKS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR ANCIENT FATHERS OF THE CHURCH. Altar of the Chair of St. Peter, St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican, Rome. (Featuring the Fathers of…

ENDING AND BEGINNING A DECADE WITH THE WORD

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com December 31, 2019May 14, 2020

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…

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THE SHEPHERDS CAME FIRST Christmas 2019

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com December 25, 2019May 14, 2020

FR LOUIS SCURTI CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS EVE WITH THE PARISH OF ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI, ROOSEVELT ISLAND, NY. HIS HOMILY FOCUSES ON THE THE POOR THAT WERE THE FIRST TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS!! Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.Friendso… Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC.: http://bit.ly/2qGY8Tl

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

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com December 23, 2019May 14, 2020

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

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THE CHRISTMAS PRESEPIO 2019

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com December 16, 2019May 14, 2020

THE TRADITION OF THE NATIVITY DISPLAY BEGAN WITH ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI IN GRECCIO. THE CONCEPT OF JESUS BEING BORN INTO A VILLAGE FILLED WITH PEOPLE OF EVERY OCCUPATION CONTINUED IN NAPLES WITH THE PRESEPIO…IT CONTINUES IN HOMES AND CHURCHES EVERYWHERE TO HONOR THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH IN THE FLESH IN BETHLEHEM.

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OUR CHRISTMAS BURDENS AND EXHAUSTION (Advent Weekday Word)

Byfrlouscurti@hotmail.com December 11, 2019May 14, 2020

FROM THE SCRIPTURES OF ISAIAH AND MATTHEW, GOD GIVES US STRENGTH IF WE FOLLOW HIM…AND PRAY. AT CHRISTMAS TIME WE NEED HIS STRENGTH TO GET THROUGH OUR PREPARATIONS. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.Friendso… Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC