Category: Obsculta Preaching Series
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The Preaching Deacon
CHARLES A. BOBERTZ — I overheard one of our parishioners say to his wife, “oh no, a deacon is probably preaching at this Mass.”
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How can I preach as a foreigner?
ARIC SERRANO, SJ — I wanted to know the people I would be preaching to in the Mayan villages. This meant spending time with them and hearing their stories.
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Preaching the Poetry of Scripture
DAVID SCHMITT — Let the psalms preach the Gospel! Take a look (and a listen) at how Psalm 29 draws us into the drama of The Baptism of the Lord.
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Real Preaching Part III: Facilitating Transformation
WAYNE A. CAVALIER — Effective preachers respect the intelligence, maturity, and saintliness of the listeners.
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Real Preaching Part II: Evoking Incongruence
WAYNE A. CAVALIER — For each unloving act a worshipper may have notched up, the liturgy of the Word repeatedly throws out the command “to love.”
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Real Preaching Part I: Liturgy is Transformative
WAYNE A. CAVALIER — Liturgy, Congar insists, is not mere ritual for ritual’s sake.
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Co-Responsibility for Proclaiming the Gospel: Part III
MEGAN EFFRON — I would like to highlight the pastoral need for commissioning a more diverse pool of preachers to give the homily at our eucharistic liturgies and to put a human face on a contentious issue.
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Co-Responsibility for Proclaiming the Gospel: Part II
MEGAN EFFRON — Being equipped to draw connections between scripture and daily life is an essential part of being an agent of evangelization.
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Co-Responsibility for Proclaiming the Gospel: Part I
MEGAN EFFRON — Too often, lay people are described solely as evangelists who witness to Christ by living in the world. This is a worthy goal, but only part of our call. Lay people can—and should—also use their words to preach the gospel!