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The Joy of Darkness—A Winter Solstice Service
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | December 22, 2024
On Saturday, yesterday on the day of the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, Mississauga enjoyed eight hours, 56 minutes, and ten seconds of daylight. In Buffalo, enjoyed marginally more,...
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Celebration of Thanks (Brunch Church) Homily
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | October 17, 2024
It’s the eve of your Thanksgiving Day. For me, it is the eve of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, still Columbus Day for some Americans. You have your own traditions and stories about thanksgiving,...
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International Day of Peace and Re-dedication of the Peace Pole
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | September 29, 2024
We commemorate today International Peace Day. Also called World Peace Day, it is observed each year on September 21, by countries all across the world. Peace Day was established, in 1981 by...
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Truth and Reconciliation Sunday
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | September 29, 2024
Way back when I was an undergraduate English major, I took a course on Southern literature with a brand-new assistant professor. Those brand-new assistant professors tend to lay down some brand-new truths....
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The Power of Water
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | September 09, 2024
The flooding of the Nile River was one of the first things I remember studying in primary school. We learned about the Egyptian gods and goddesses, along with the story of river...
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Finding Ourselves Anew
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | August 31, 2024
I planned and delivered this service with my daughter, Helen Lowry. We presented a version of it on July 21 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, our home congregation, where she...
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Pride Sunday: How Daring of You!
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | June 23, 2024
UCM—Rev. Rita Capezzi in collaboration with Tammy Christiansen, Bonny Hughes, Devin Kreuger, Tom Lebour, Paula McNaughton, Brenda Poole, Catilyn Seal (Family Life Coordinator), and Abigail Freeman (Music Director). Technical support rom Heather...
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“But I didn’t mean to exclude!”
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | April 24, 2024
Shortly after I was married, I discovered quite unexpectedly just what some members of my new husband’s family thought of me. At the kitchen table of his paternal grandparent’s house, my mother-in-law,...
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truth in the lower case
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | April 10, 2024
Truth with a capital T, unwaveringly true and ultimate—what a comfort it would be in our turbulent and frightening times. Truth that applies to all of us, and to all of us...
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Renewal: Easter and Spring
Speaker: Rev. Rita Capezzi | April 02, 2024
I had a friend once, a passionate Christian who called me each Easter morning to declare, “The stone is rolled away and the tomb is empty. Hallelujah!” There were times I envied...