Sermons on “Service”
Lessons and Opportunities from the Year of Mercy
Monsignor Michael Billian: The gift of this year has been a springboard to a way of life, where we proclaim with all our being that God loves us and wraps us in his mercy so that we can share that precious gift with the world.
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All Saints Day: Aiming for Goodness One Day at a Time
Father Philip Smith: Take every day as an opportunity as a gift from God to give another shot, to give another try, of becoming a good person.
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Doing God’s Work in the World
Father Philip Smith: The word of God today challenges us to live differently, not to be self-centered but to give ourselves to help those who are suffering around us.
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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?
View SermonAdvanced 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.
View SermonLiving 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.
View SermonWrapping 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.
View SermonKeeping Your Eye on the Prize
Monsignor Michael Billian: We all have pasts. We all have things that have gone on behind us and if we only stay focused turning around, looking to what was left, we’ll never get to where we need to go.
View SermonYear of Mercy: Comfort the Sorrowful
Father Philip Smith: Our job is to just be there with people as a sign of hope, as a glimpse of the light that God can bring in those moments.
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