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July 2019

July 22, 2019

Are there times when women can preach?

This essay by Jean Molesky-Paz was published today — the feast of St. Mary Magdalene...

May 2019

May 08, 2019

How About Parish Missions on Contraception?

My friend Father Matthew Schneider offers a modest proposal: In the 1930s or 1950s, how...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

This is Why Deacons, Like Boy Scouts, Should Be Prepared

That's something I often tell guys in homiletics class: always be ready to preach, whether...

February 2019

February 08, 2019

On preaching: ‘People will never believe in us if we do not show love and compassion to those whom we wish to believe in us’

Sherry Weddell posted this item on Facebook this morning, drawn from her reading of a...

December 2018

December 22, 2018

Priest apologizes for funeral homily: ‘I added to their pain. I deeply regret that and I am sorry.’

From CNS: A Michigan priest criticized for emphasizing suicide in his homily during a recent...

December 20, 2018

How can you preach at a funeral for someone who has committed suicide? Like this.

After all the controversy swirling around the funeral homily for a young man in Detroit,...

December 19, 2018

Funeral homily backlash: ‘We pull off funerals well, but we don’t do a good job preparing people for them’

Slate takes a look at of the controversy surrounding that homily delivered at the funeral...

December 17, 2018

Must-read: the headline-making homily delivered after a young man’s suicide

Ed Peters has the scoop: If the text recently sent to me really was the homily that Fr....

December 17, 2018

How one priest is trying to increase Mass attendance

After reading the diocesan report of slumping Mass attendance, what is a priest to do?...

December 14, 2018

Family criticizes priest’s hurtful funeral homily — UPDATED

Check out the video below from Detroit: Some thoughts: It's highly unusual for a local...

December 13, 2018

Are they preaching about these things at your parish?

Some interesting insight and analysis from the folks at Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) shows...

December 05, 2018

Preachers take note: Jon Meacham’s beautiful eulogy for George H.W. Bush, a ’20th century Founding Father’

This isn't a sermon, but it could serve as a model for great public speaking....

December 04, 2018

Massachusetts deacon says he’s being punished for praying for Buffalo deacon

I've never heard of a case quite like this. It happened in Russell, Massachusetts: David...

July 2018

July 16, 2018

Is this a homily? Or a stage production?

My friend Fr. Matthew Schneider opines: I want to go a little deeper than matters...

May 2018

May 19, 2018

What does the royal wedding have to do with Pentecost? Everything.

From the sensational sermon by the Most Rev. Michael Curry, the first African American to...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Should a priest use the word ‘badass’ in a homily?

Taylor Marshall on Facebook described something he heard at Mass this weekend: I heard in...

March 2018

March 05, 2018

A national holiday to honor Billy Graham?

An online petition is calling for that—and it's reportedly garnered thousands of signatures: Thousands...

October 2015

October 08, 2015

From the Synod: Families need homilies connected to real life

From CNS: Families need to hear homilies that connect the Gospel to the troubles and...

October 08, 2015

From the Synod: Families need homilies connected to real life

From CNS: Families need to hear homilies that connect the Gospel to the troubles and...

October 05, 2015

In the email: “He said he and his wife were going to be deacons…”

A friend sent this my way, evidently posted by a priest on Facebook: "A friend...

October 05, 2015

In the email: “He said he and his wife were going to be deacons…”

A friend sent this my way, evidently posted by a priest on Facebook: “A friend...

September 2015

September 04, 2015

Pope Francis: Sowing divisions is a sickness in the Church; “gossiping is like terrorism”

From today’s homily: Pope Francis says sowing divisions and discord is a sickness within the...

September 04, 2015

Pope Francis: Sowing divisions is a sickness in the Church; “gossiping is like terrorism”

From today's homily: Pope Francis says sowing divisions and discord is a sickness within the...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Preachers, don’t make this mistake this weekend

This Sunday, we encounter once again the amazing story of how Jesus, using just a...

July 24, 2015

Preachers, don’t make this mistake this weekend

This Sunday, we encounter once again the amazing story of how Jesus, using just a...

July 15, 2015

Archbishop writes pastoral letter to clergy on preaching

Details: Preaching at Mass is the “best opportunity” most bishops, priests and deacons have on...

July 15, 2015

Archbishop writes pastoral letter to clergy on preaching

Details: Preaching at Mass is the “best opportunity” most bishops, priests and deacons have on...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

What can Billy Graham teach us about preaching?

An Anglican priest, Robert Hart, offers his thoughts about one of the most popular and...

June 25, 2015

What can Billy Graham teach us about preaching?

An Anglican priest, Robert Hart, offers his thoughts about one of the most popular and...

June 22, 2015

Superb: Fr. Michael Duffy’s homily for a new priest

A deep diaconal bow to my blog neighbor and FOTB Fr. Michael Duffy, who was...