Sermons on “Service”
Palm Sunday: Being a Pilgrim, not a Tourist
Monsignor Michael Billian: Pilgrims don’t stand on the outside and watch what’s going on. Pilgrims get involved in what’s going on. Pilgrims engage the people that they are walking through life with.
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Being Open to Something New
Father Philip Smith: God’s inviting us on a new adventure. We’re reminded to step outside of our comfort zone to serve and to love and to pray in new ways.
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Gaining Perspective during Lent
Monsignor Michael Billian: We do this hard work during Lent so that we may encounter more fully the resurrected Jesus.
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Ash Wednesday: Sinners with a Savior
Father Philip Smith: What we do here this evening is the exact opposite as we literally rub dirt on our foreheads, as we rub ashes on our foreheads as a symbol of the fact that we don’t have everything together, that we’re not perfect.
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Being a Child of God
Monsignor Michael Billian: Everything in our lives is built upon being a child of God, first and foremost. And because we have gained that title — Child of God — together it puts all of us in relationship with one another.
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Father Philip Smith: We’re invited to walk for water, to do what Jesus asks of us, to give it our all, to fill the jars to the brim, knowing that God’s going to do great things.
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Immaculate Conception: The Yes of Mary
Monsignor Michael Billian: Now Mary said yes to the Lord without even knowing exactly what she was saying yes to. She wasn’t sure about what was going to happen.
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