Sermons on “Luke”
Wrapping 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.
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Giving our Worries to God
Father Philip Smith: When we’re overwhelmed by worry, it’s important to remember that God is with us in whatever we’re going through, and to listen to God for encouragement and inspiring words that will help us.
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Being a Neighbor to Everyone
Monsignor Michael Billian: The lesson for us is to be people of compassion and mercy, to make it our business to lift people up, as opposed to tearing them down.
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Relying on God’s Help and Grace
Father Philip Smith: If we rely on God’s help, God will build his kingdom through us. God will do amazing things through our own lives.
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.
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From Righteous Anger to Courageous Action
Father Philip Smith: In our own lives, when we take time to pray, we gain the inspiration we need to do something to change the way things are, to work against injustice, to be a light in the midst of the darkness around us.
View SermonBringing Christ to Others in the World
Monsignor Michael Billian: We’re asked not to judge others, but to love them.
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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Corpus Christi: Building a Heavenly Banquet
Monsignor Michael Billian: We need to learn to receive the gifts that God has given to us and realize and recognize that they are God’s gifts which he gives to us to use.
View SermonAscension: Being People of Action
Monsignor Michael Billian: Christians have to be people of action. We’re given the Spirit to use the power of God to bring others to Christ.
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