“We need better preaching” is a common lament of Christian people of all denominations.
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Category: Homiletics
Ars Praedicandi: St. Oscar Romero, pray for us.
This Sunday’s canonization of Oscar Romero provided a lens through which to view the radical call to discipleship that Jesus issues to the rich man—and to all of us—in today’s Gospel.
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Ars Praedicandi: Preaching Abuse
“We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this. We know some of you have heard some of it before. There have been other reports about child sex abuse within the Catholic Church. But never on this scale. For many of us, those earlier stories happened someplace else, someplace away. Now we know the truth: it happened everywhere.”
Read moreBeatified Today: Blessed Maria Gargani Sometimes Gave the Sermon
Maria Gargan (1892-1973) was beatified in Naples today, Cardinal Amato presiding. Blessed Maria Gargani was an Italian professed religious who was a member of the
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Ars Praedicandi: Quality of Life? Or New Life in the Risen Lord?
The content of our new life is to be thankful and to share the good news with the world that he is risen
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Ars Praedicandi: Interrupting Empire
The story of Christmas interrupts the story of empire.
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 moreLiturgy Lines: The Voice and the Ear
Communicating the word is a two way process which requires attentive listeners for it to be effective.
Read moreOrdinations, Culture, and Following Christ
The ideal image of clergy as those who draw others in and then get out of the way, pointing to the living God, not themselves… Our North American culture is so pathologically about a reality that is only ‘me’, particularly the ‘me’ who consumes, controls, and manages, that I experienced a moment of hopelessness that any of this made sense in 2017.
Read moreWhat is the Church? A reflection on the readings for Friday during the Easter Octave
“What is the Church?”
Simon Peter said to the other disciples, “I am going fishing.”
Simon Peter, the passionate. “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”
Simon Peter, the spokesman. “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
Simon Peter, the failure….
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