Sermons on “Luke”

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Following Mother Teresa’s Example

Father Philip Smith: Are we willing to give our entire lives to God? Or to allow God’s influence in every moment of our lives?

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Advanced Seating at the Eternal Banquet

Monsignor Michael Billian: The Kingdom of God has no room for our fuss. It runs on a different seating plan. At this banquet, the tables have been turned. Seating is on a last come, first serve basis.

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Living Christian Greatness

Father Philip Smith: Jesus invites all people to be saved. The real question to ask is whether we’re will to accept that love, whether we’re willing to accept salvation and a relationship with God.

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An Olympic Witness of Faith

Father Philip Smith: People are still watching us in the way we live our lives and God can use this example — this witness — to touch other people’s hearts and help them experience God’s presence in their midst.

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Trusting in God through Faith

Monsignor Michael Billian: The answers to the fundamental questions of life can only be found in faith. If we’re honest, we’ll recognize that this is hard to handle.

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Investing in What Matters Most

Father Philip Smith: Jesus reminds us not to hide behind our material things, but to allow ourselves to be vulnerable and to connect with other people at the deepest levels in ways that will live on with God forever.

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Wrapping our Persistence in Charity

Monsignor Michael Billian: We have permission from God to do just that. He told us today: Seek, Ask, Knock. He didn’t say to avoid those things, he told us directly that’s what we have to do. But I think it’s important though to wrap our persistence in charity. Then it is received to the heart from the heart.

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Giving our Worries to God

Father Philip Smith: When we’re overwhelmed by worry, it’s important to remember that God is with us in whatever we’re going through, and to listen to God for encouragement and inspiring words that will help us.

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Being a Neighbor to Everyone

Monsignor Michael Billian: The lesson for us is to be people of compassion and mercy, to make it our business to lift people up, as opposed to tearing them down.

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Relying on God’s Help and Grace

Father Philip Smith: If we rely on God’s help, God will build his kingdom through us. God will do amazing things through our own lives.

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