Sermons in “Christmas”
Christmas: God is not a perfectionist
Father Jeremy Miller: The Christmas story reveals that precisely when things are imperfect, God might be doing something incredible.
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Epiphany: The Gifts of the Magi
Fr. Alan Zobler: We’re called to commit ourselves to be like the wise journeyers to Christ, brining our gifts — gold, frankincense and myrrh — giving selflessly, giving the very best of who we are and doing it tirelessly.
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The Humanity of the Holy Family
Father Jeremy Miller: Let’s strive in this year to recommit ourselves to our families to try and grow in the love that Jesus, Mary and Joseph shared, the love to become, not a perfect family, but a holy family.
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Epiphany: Welcoming All Peoples
Monsignor Michael Billian: Christ came for all nations, for all peoples. And if we are ambassadors for Christ in the world, then we too need to be prepared to welcome all peoples as well.
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Stories of Shared Humanity
Father Philip Smith: And yet as we come here today with Mary, we turn our gaze to that child in a manger in Bethlehem, that child that shows us the beauty and dignity of our shared humanity, the child who can change our stories of war into stories of peace.
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Christmas: The Gift of Hope
Monsignor Michael Billian: If we embrace the gift of hope that this day — this night — teaches us, we will live forevermore because of Christmas day.
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Facing Life’s Unanswered Questions
Father Philip Smith: It’s okay if we don’t always know the perfect direction our life is going, or the perfect direction our life should take in the future.
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The Celebration of the Lord’s Baptism
Monsignor Michael Billian: Humanity is being given divinity, the divinity of the one whose humanity received the Holy Spirit at his baptism. Jesus is being baptized for all God’s creation, for us. He carries on his body, all of us.
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Epiphany: Reaching Our Spiritual Goals in the New Year
Father Philip Smith: The magi allowed the journey that they were on to change them, to influence them, to guide them to where they needed to go — to reach their spiritual goals.
View SermonChristmas: Mary and Joseph’s Crazy and Wild Journey
Father Philip Smith: It was a journey which nothing went the way they would have planned or desired. And yet, as we all know, the Christmas story is really a story of hope, joy and peace.
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