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- Gregg the Obscure on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Lent 2025: “Archbishop celebrated Holy Mass at the Cathedral 1030 today. Better attendance than i’ve seen in a goodly while. The Roman…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Lent 2025: “Father shared St Ephrem’s take on today’s Gospel. Our Lord showed Peter, James and John His Divinity. Then they would…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1270 – slipper: “[NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.] Black to move. …”
- on 15 March – Annual ramble about the #IdesOfMarch: “The mascot for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were Phrygian caps called the Phryges. On the Olympic website it…”
- on ASK FATHER: Mass “for the gift of tears”… for someone else?: “Thank you good Father! Both/and makes sense and feels Catholic in essence. I believe in the power of prayer and…”
- on ASK FATHER: Mass “for the gift of tears”… for someone else?: “When we read the Desert Fathers, they often talk about the necessity of the “tears of compunction”. There is a…”
- on From a reader: “We can sing this, but chant and Latin are ‘too hard’.”: “How about this one? ‘Tis Good LORD to be here!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wNCM8Gw-8o”
- on ASK FATHER: Mass “for the gift of tears”… for someone else?: “I think the prayers are lovely. “ read ‘em and weep.” Do you play five card draw as well as…”
- on From a reader: “We can sing this, but chant and Latin are ‘too hard’.”: “More than one musician has told me that modern hymns are typically too difficult for congregations to sing. One is…”
- on “Pro aris et focis” – Food for thought: ““If Roche’s interview really sounded like an olive branch to some then I’d expect hysterical pressure on him and all…”
- on From a reader: “We can sing this, but chant and Latin are ‘too hard’.”: “In spite of the time signature changes, that hymn isn’t at all difficult to sing. It was entirely new to…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1269 – Oh great… just what we needed…: ““What is a Caucus-race?” said Alice; not that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo had paused as if…”
- on O sol salútis, íntimis – a look into the Lenten hymn for Lauds: “Ahh, the Urbanized version of 1632. The original was “Iam, Christe, sol iustitiae”. Some say 10th century, others the 6th…”
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Tag Archives: homiletics
ASK FATHER: I’m angry! Father’s sermons are boring, lack joy!
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Our priest’s sermons are dull, dry, predictable, boring, , too serious (they lack joy) don’t speak to the heart and are uninspiring. It’s like listening to a student teacher stand at the pulpit and give a … Read More
FATHERS! Research about preaching – ACTION ITEM
I am not eager to do many posts like this, but here is an exception. This interests me because of the state of preaching in these USA. I received an email from a reader… + Hello, Father! My name is … Read More
Posted in New Evangelization, Priests and Priesthood, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged homiletics, homily, preaching, sermon
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ASK FATHER: Criticizing a priest’s homilies
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, our parish priest is a good man, well versed in Scripture, in the encyclicals. He is also charismatic. However, his preaching is dreadful. He uses the homily as an opportunity to teach and goes on … Read More
How’s the preaching where you are?
I was informed that recently His Eminence Daniel Card. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston delivered the annual Carl J. Peter Lecture at the Pontifical North American College. His topic: “Preaching With The Fathers Of The Church”. This, of course, is of great … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, The Drill, The future and our choices, Year of Faith
Tagged Card. DiNardo, Fathers of the Church, homiletics, Patristic Institute "Augustinianum", Patristics, preaching, sermons
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Gregg the Obscure on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Lent 2025: “Archbishop celebrated Holy Mass at the Cathedral 1030 today. Better attendance than i’ve seen in a goodly while. The Roman…”
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