Gather round for a succinct history of homily. The story starts with the ancient Greek word homilos, meaning "crowd" or "assembly," and travels through related Greek words homilein, "to address," and homilia, "conversation, discourse." Homilia eventually takes on the "usually short sermon" ...
You may know that I and the various liturgical ministers get ready for Sunday Mass in a little room back in this corner. It's called the prep room. And it is a relatively small space for the number of people who gather there. So I find myself getting vested for Mass and I try to ...
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Chris Willman,Variety, 16 June 2024Last week, the pontiff skipped hishomilyduring Palm Sunday Mass.— Joseph Wilkinson,New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024See all Example Sentences forhomily Word History Etymology Middle Englishomelie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latinhomilia, from Late Greek, ...
or Penitential Rite. This is why the phrase “have mercy on us” is included in the Gloria we pronounce every Sunday. Our souls cannot move into Sacred Space without self-scrutiny for the love of God. And it is because we are loved by God that we trust our failings are forgiven and ...
For March 7, March 14, March 21, March 25 (Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord), and March 28 (Palm Sunday) Third Sunday of Lent – March 7, 2021
Sunday, then we have little to see through, and build upon. We need to be in daily contact with God—good, substantial praying that allows time for silence, so that God may communicate with us in whatever way he chooses. As we grow in our prayer, we enter into a deep encounter with...
A homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Earlier this week, we commemorated 9/11. That brought to mind a letter I had received from a woman I knew, Charlotte, who worked in one of the twin Towers. She’d gotten to work that day and thought, I’ve never had coffee with my ni...
“Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.” And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he said to them. ...
Here two homilies are linked for discussion mainly becausethey present the same theme of "bundles for burning", butalso because they have other points of contact. The homiliesare one for the Third Sunday after Epiphany (Thorpe I no. 8)on the healing of the leper and the centurion's ...