This resource could be helpful to many preachers in need of a little inspiration when composing their homilies.
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Ars Praedicandi: Homily for Good Friday
God died so that we could live. That was the way that God chose for us to be able to live. We couldn’t live – we can’t live – by ourselves. By ourselves, all we can do is be born, and sin, and die. We can’t save ourselves. If we will live – and we will live – it is because, and only because, God died for us.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Homilists for the Homeless
Over the course of the past three years a group of preachers and writers have come together to produce a series of books grouped together as Homilists for the Homeless. The series is based on the three-year cycle of Sunday lectionary readings and is now complete with the release of the third book.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Preaching on Palm Sunday
Preaching on Palm Sunday poses some distinctive challenges regarding length, theme, and purpose.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: A Homily on the Fourth Sunday of Lent in the Orthodox Church
When men and women took up the journey to the desert in imitation of Jesus and his fast, they were honoring his love and fidelity to God; they were not looking for our adulation or worship, because only fools bow down before any man or woman who has excelled in emaciating his or her body. They were motivated by love and sought to imitate him.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Another Homily for the Fourth Sunday in Lent
As we ride the Lent train towards Easter, take a window seat and look out every day and be grateful for the light in the sky and the promise of light at the end of our darkest tunnels.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Homily for the Fourth Sunday in Lent
Jesus is the light of the world. And when he comes into our world, we see things as they really are.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent
A contribution to our series on the art of preaching.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Building on the Word
Building on the Word is “a resource for scripture, culture and faith” run by Fr. George M. Smiga with the intention of furthering the New Evangelization.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Homily from the First Sunday of Lent
Pray Tell is introducing a new series titled: Ars Praedicandi – the art of preaching.
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