As the archangel Gabriel tells Mary, this kingdom will last forever and ever.
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Category: Ars Praedicandi
Ars Praedicandi: Promised Blessings after Record-Shattering Carnage
Fr. Edward Foley, OFM Capuchin, preached this homily yesterday in the wake of so much violence, seen again in Las Vegas this past week.
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Ars Praedicandi: The Hearers Are As Important as the Prophets
Suddenly, a clear soprano voice started singing, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.” The whole crowd, as though they had rehearsed it, joined in.
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Ars Praedicandi: Dogs and Gentiles
We just heard Jesus utter two of the most puzzling statements in all of Scripture
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
The Lord whom we glorify in song at each Liturgy is the same Lord who never ceases to pray that those whom he has chosen will be one, as he and the Father are one.
Read moreArs praedicandi: Sunday of the Paralytic
For us, the content of this new, very human life is to really become glorified human beings who are without sin.
Read moreArs praedicandi: IV Easter, Year A
And then someone starts to walk along side of me, and I tell him all my woes, and together we emerge from the dark forest, and the person I am walking with is still there and I weep and say, I can’t trust the Lord anymore. And that voice comes back: “Trust me.”
Read moreArs Praedicandi: The Untamed God of Easter
Preparing a homily: “The guards were shaken with fear…and became like dead men.”
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Martha, Mary, Lazarus
What was it like for Lazarus, Martha, and Mary? Let’s start with the women’s experiences.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Ed Foley’s Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A
That fact that such a quick fix approach
is rampant among preachers and bloggers.
Is evident to me in the number of them
who suggested preaching on the text “Amazing Grace”
with its “once I was lost, but now I’m found, was blind but now I see.”
Is it really that simple?
And if not,
what is the alternative to quick fix Sunday?