“Keep watching and praying” (Matthew 26:41). “In our quest for God we think too much, reflect too much, talk too much,” says the celebrated mystic, Anthony de Mello... “Be silent and contemplate the dance. Just…
Sermon Illustrations
“Where would I flee from Your Presence” (Psalms 139:7). From a man who discovered that the realization of God’s Presence begins with recognizing God: For a long time, I had a long list of rituals…
“. . . were not our hearts burning inside us as He talked to us ... ?” (Lk. 24:32) The former President of the New York Academy of Sciences once illustrated the mathematical calculations of…
“Do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more…
“All that came to be had life in Him and that life was the light of men, a light that shines in the dark” (John 1:4-5). How well do we know the Truth which Jesus…
“Lord of heaven and earth, You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants” (Matthew 11:25). Soon after her brother was born, little Jenny began asking her parents…
“I don’t want the city to come into my Church and I don’t want my Church to come into the city,“ wrote a woman to her pastor... I want to keep them separate — completely…
“All our people are to learn to occupy themselves in doing good works for their practical needs” (Titus 3:14). There is an amusing story about a priest and a rabbi who are playing golf together…
”It is finished” (John 19:30). The story is told of a man who dreamed that he saw Our Lord tied to a whipping post while a soldier scourged Him unmercifully. He saw the whip in…
There is the true story about a man named Walter. He went to the hospital to undergo hip surgery. One night, when the curtain was around his bed, there suddenly was a lot of commotion…
“Then they took charge of Jesus and carrying His own Cross He went out of the city to the place of the skull…where they crucified Him” (John 19:17,18). There was a famous opera singer who,…
“The woman said to Him, ’I know that Messiah — that is, Christ — is coming’...‘I who am speaking to you,’ said Jesus, ‘I am He’” (John 4:25,26). In a beautifully-written reflection on this Gospel…
“How beautiful are . . . those who bring Good News of good things” (Romans 10:15). A chaplain arrived at the hospital as usual early one morning. As he walked down the corridor, a man…
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until…
“‘Let your light so shine before men,’ He says, ‘that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in Heaven’” (Mt. 5:15). In a world where Bad Deeds are…
“Ah, how goodness and kindness pursue me, every day of my life” (Psalm 23:6). He was known as a mean old man. Resentful! Bitter! Someone said that his bitterness was justified. His beloved wife died…
“…and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). A rich man who had acquired his wealth through a series of shifty, questionable business deals, decided to enter politics and run for public office. At…
“…it is by Grace that you have been saved” (Ephesians 2:8). There is a wonderful parable in which a certain man dies and arrives at the Pearly Gates where he is met by Saint Peter.…
“...and for all things give thanks to God because this is what God expects you to do in Christ Jesus” (I Thessalonians 5:18). Abigail Van Buren (“Dear Abby”) once received a letter signed “Depressed.” It…
“…in their greed they will exploit you with false words” (2 Peter 2:3). In the Board Room of a highly profitable business, the question of employee bonuses for lengthy and meritorious service was debated. When…
