Sermons by Tim Higgins (Page 4)

Family Sunday: Saints in our lives

Gospel When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They…

Youth Testimonies – God’s work alive and active

Fr. Tim has a dialog sermon with some of the youth that have been participating in the Miqra event at St. Ann’s over Columbus Day weekend.  Over the course of the weekend youth read the Bible from cover to cover. Youth volunteer to read in 1-hour time blocks from Friday through Monday morning, and we encourage all youth to try their hand…

We come to church because it is God’s house

Gospel Some Pharisees came, and to test Jesus they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. But…

Celebration Weekend

Gospel Jesus and his disciples went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But they did not understand what…

Deny a little of self to embrace something new

Gospel Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the…

Daily Minimum Requirement of Jesus

Gospel Jesus said to the people, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father…