The Rev. Phil Brochard

The sermon begins with Trump’s reflection on heaven and uses it to frame

Luke’s parable of the rich man and Lazarus. The preacher highlights Jesus’

warnings about wealth, comfort, and distraction, which insulate people from

others’ suffering. The rich man’s failure is not active cruelty but his

inability to see Lazarus. Christian faith, the preacher insists, is a

“mysticism of open eyes” — perceiving suffering and responding with

compassion. The sermon ends with the parable’s haunting question: even if

someone rose from the dead, would we truly live differently?