Tag: Homilies
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‘No one Accepts a Proud Truth’, Venerable Aloysius Schwartz
You must give witness to Jesus. This means to teach, to teach the mind, the spirit, the doctrine of Jesus. Some of you are planning already to teach your parents, your relatives, your friends prayer, the rosary, the Church’s doctrine about marriage, chastity. Fine! This is good. Teach clearly, courageously, forcefully, but above all, listen…
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Worse than Fiducia Supplicans, a Priest Urges Catholics in Sinful Unions to Receive Communion
While Pope Francis needed the help of Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez to compose a declaration opening the possibility of allowing a “blessing” for couples in sinful unions; a priest in Cebu, Philippines, without anyone’s help, scandalously declared in his homily that unmarried Catholics who do not receive communion because of their status are wasting their…
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Archbishop Socrates Villegas on Pura Luka Vega Incident: ‘Our Silence Makes Us Accomplices in Blasphemy’
Wheat and weeds sprouted together putting the wheat at risk (Mt 13:24 to 30). Before they sprung and grew together in the same field, both wheat and weeds were first small seeds. The seeds were sown by the farmer. The seeds of the weeds were sown by the enemy. But remember: Both good and evil…
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Church Instructions on Homilies
In this post we will see a collection of references about an ideal homily, its purpose, suggested content, and structure. These are taken from different sources such as the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, Inter Oecumenici, Redemptionis Sacramentum, Code of Canon Law, and the Homiletic Directory by the Congregation for the Divine Worship. The CDW, with…
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