Bishop Robert Brennan’s April 20, homily message at the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Eucharistic Revival at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Looking out at all of us gathered here this day, I can’t help but think of a prayer in the earlier English translation of the Roman Missal: “How wonderful are the works […]
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Bishop Robert Brennan’s Full Easter Homily
Bishop Robert Brennan’s full homily on Easter Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James.
Pope Francis’ Full Homily on Palm Sunday
On Calvary, two ways of thinking collided. In the Gospel, the words of the crucified Jesus are in sharp contrast with the words of those who crucified him.
Pope Francis’ Full Homily at the Chrism Mass
The following is the full text to Pope Francis’ homily at the 2021 Chrism Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Only in Print: How Homilies Have Changed (For the Better?) Under Pandemic
In one old cartoon from The Tablet, a parishioner leaving church commented that a priest must have been a geometry teacher before, “because his homilies had so many tangents.”
The Homily and Eucharist Are Connected
St. Mary Magdalene’s feast day this past year was greeted not only with the sing-ing of the Gloria at Mass, but also with a “Twitter-storm.” Father James Martin — a Jesuit priest who’s one of the most famous and influential priests in the United States — released the following tweet on July 22: