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Below, find recent homilies/sermons from Sunday Masses:
Praying for Vocations
Monsignor Michael Billian reflects on his own call to the priesthood.
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‘Lord, help me to want what you want’
Father Philip Smith: There’s an incredible freedom from giving our lives into God’s hands and allowing God to lead us on a journey into an uncertain and unknown future.
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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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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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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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Immaculate Conception: She said, ‘Yes’
Monsignor Michael Billian: That “Yes” turns the corner for humanity on the “No” of the Book of Genesis. Everything is different now because of her “Yes.”
View SermonAdvent: Changing our Settings
Monsignor Michael Billian: Advent is an opportunity to change our personal settings in life.
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Don’t Snooze Through Advent
Father Philip Smith: Advent is a time to stop hitting the snooze button on the changes we need to make to allow God to help us to become better people in a closer community together.
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