Tag: Homily
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“Not so much about trappings and fine fabrics”: Pope Francis at Chrism Mass
“The beauty of all these liturgical things is not so much about trappings and fine fabrics than about the glory of our God resplendent in his people…” – Pope Francis
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Pope Francis’ first sermon
Very simple, very biblical, spoken standing at the lectern, without any written notes, but with some energy and joy.
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Pope Francis (as Cardinal Bergoglio) on Palm Sunday
The place to worship Jesus on this day, more than a temple, is the street.
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Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent (C)
by Fr. Edward Foley, Capuchin “In these dark days, in the wake of such horrific violence, I fear that preaching without some evelation of my shock – my repugnance, my broken-heartedness in view of these vile events, would be a sputtering of unusually empty words.”
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Remembering Cody Unterseher
“Because he was permeated with Liturgy, Cody had been rehearsing for the moment of his death since the day of his baptism into Christ’s Paschal Mystery many years ago.” – homilist Max Johnson
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Homily for the Feast of the Holy Name
Following the chronology of today’s gospel [Luke 2:15-21] some Christians will keep today either as the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, or as the feast of the Circumcision of Jesus, or as a feast in honor of Mary, under the title Dei Genetrix, Mētēr Theou, Mother of God incarnate. For Episcopalians, New Year’s…
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A homily for December 24th morning
If today you and I go before the Lord to prepare his way, if our lives offer even the faintest glimpse into the salvation which Jesus Christ brings, then John the Baptist will have accomplished a great deal in us. – Fr. Eric Hollas, OSB
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Ed Foley’s Homily for the First Sunday of Advent
“The quality of this reform will not be judged by the beauty of our speech, the rhythm of our cursus, the distinctiveness of our rhetoric, or the sacrality of our prayers, but by the justice and mercy this liturgy of the church calls forth from us in the liturgy of the world.” – Fr. Edward…