Sermons on “Service”
What is Your Heart Made of?
Father Jeremy Miller: The challenge of Jesus today is to diagnose ourselves and to say, “Where do I need to work on my own heart so that when God plants a seed, it flourishes?”
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Being True Disciples of Christ
Monsignor Michael Billian: Being a place of refuge for those who need comfort need not be as risky as it sounds. It does not necessarily call us to open up our homes, but it asks us to open our hearts.
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Fr. Phil’s Last Homily: On God’s Journey
Father Philip Smith: As I reflect on the past five years, I’m just filled with gratitude to be part of this community. The goal of what I’ve tried to do is simply rooted in what we do here: To help our students know that Jesus is with them on the journey.
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Ascension: Telling the World that Jesus Lives
Monsignor Michael Billian: The Solemnity of the Ascension is a call for us to tell the world that Jesus is still with us.
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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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Holy Thursday: Eating at the Big Table
Monsignor Michael Billian: The Lord invites all of us to come to the Big Table, to listen to the stories that belong to our faith family, to share in the one bread and the one cup, to enjoy the strength that we receive by being together around the Big Table.
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Palm Sunday: Making Time for Jesus
Father Philip Smith: The great thing that will happen if we make time for Jesus this week, and really every day, is that we will see what Jesus has done for us.
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Transforming Failure into Positive Change
Father Philip Smith: When we fail, we can step back and we can put our lives in perspective and look at what really might need to change and what we can do differently.
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Monsignor Michael Billian reflects on his own call to the priesthood.
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A Lesson in Cooperation
Monsignor Michael Billian: The Lord invites you and me to say “Yes” to him, to join in that chorus of, “I will cooperate with the Lord.”
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