sermon

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In his sermon during Saturday night's Easter vigil, the pontiff urged believers not to feel numbed by the scale of global conflicts but to work actively for reconciliation.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

It’s a sermon we’ve heard plenty of times before and possibly even delivered ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

"The feelings are mixed. Every word of the pastor's sermon made us want to cry," he told AFP after the Christmas mass.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

Toward the end of a 6-hour sermon, attendees offer “enough is enough” lists of their problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Years later, when Esther and Royal and Deborah were dead, and Gabriel was leaving the South, people remembered this sermon and the gaunt, possessed young man who had preached it.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin