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Fr Royce Gregerson
- May 19, 2019
- 9 min
Sermon: Heaven and True Love
“I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (Jn 13). Heaven is all about love. St. Paul tells us, “So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” In Heaven there is no faith, because faith is belief in that which we cannot see, and in Heaven we will see God. In Heaven there is no hope, because hope
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Fr Royce Gregerson
- May 13, 2019
- 1 min
Sermon: Raising Future Good Shepherds
In today's sermon on Good Shepherd Sunday, Father Royce spoke about how Catholic families can raise young men who will be ready and able to give their own lives for Christ's flock as priests after the heart of Christ. Image: Christ the Good Shepherd, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy
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Fr Royce Gregerson
- May 5, 2019
- 8 min
Sermon: Do you love me?
What does it mean to love someone? It is hard to capture in English what Christ is asking Peter in the Gospel today. Greek, the language in which St. John composed his Gospel, has many words for love, two of which John employs here – “agape” and “philia.” “Philia” is a love of deep friendship, the kind held by two brothers in arms who have just emerged victorious after a harrowing battle. It means loyalty, self-sacrifice, and a sharing of emotions. It is far beyond the misuse
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