Sermons on “Leadership”

DeaconJustin-Homily-July2018-2

Good leaders are good followers of Jesus

Deacon Justin Moor: By following Jesus’ lead, we can be freed from the sin and suffering we’ve experienced and leave it buried in the grave behind us, both today in this world and for all eternity.

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Homily-FrJeremy-Aug26-2018-web

Recommitting to God

Father Jeremy Miller: Let’s declare today and through this entire academic year, as for us and this parish and this campus, we will serve the Lord.

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FrJeremy-Homily-July2018

Jesus and Columbo

Father Jeremy Miller: I’ve always thought that Columbo’s approach has characteristics of incredible leadership and, in this context today will all of our readings, how to be a good shepherd.

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Homily-DeaconMoor-March11-2018

Jesus and Gandhi

Deacon Justin Moor: Becoming a better Catholic and living what we believe is also about that person like Gandhi that we encounter who is waiting on us to live what we believe before they also come to believe in Jesus.

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CCUP-Homily-Feb28-2016-FrPhil

Four Lessons of Anger

Father Philip Smith: Jesus shows us today that he wants to enter into that anger with us. He takes on our anger and he redeems it, he transforms it into a power to do good.

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Easter-Homily-MonsignorBillian-2017

Christ the King: Being Part of the Solution

Monsignor Michael Billian: What does the celebration of Christ the King mean? It really means everything. It means that there is a solution to the problems of the world. The feast calls us to be a part of the solution.

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CCUP-Homily-June12-2016-MonsignorBillian

Doing What is Just

Monsignor Michael Billian: The Bible makes it very clear and so does Jesus that we are called to justice and not fairness.

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Setting Aside our Fear and Being a Witness

Monsignor Michael Billian: God wants us in our daily lives — by the way we speak, by the way we live, by the decisions we make, even by the attitudes that we embrace in our daily life — he wants us to give witness to Christ.

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FrPhil-April30-2017-Homily-web2

Living Abundantly

Father Philip Smith: The abundant living that Jesus is inviting us to today is a life in which we sometimes let go of our plans because they were indeed too easy and embrace God’s plans and the tasks that God has entrusted to us to complete in the world today, even when we don’t feel strong enough to complete them.

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CCUP-Homily-OrdinaryTime-2016-FrPhil

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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