Sunday, Nov. 15, is the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). Mass Readings: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Psalm 128:1-5; 1 Thessalonians 6:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30. Today’s readings start with ...
What kind of preaching do we need to mark the milestones of our faith—Baptism, Confirmation, marriage and funerals? In its third season, “Preach” steps beyond its usual Sunday lectionary focus to ...
Will Willimon issues in this book a Barthian prescription for preachers: forego homiletic taxonomies and dare to proclaim Jesus Christ. Like Willimon’s other books, Preachers Dare is remarkably ...
“I like what Pope Francis said in ‘Evangelii Gaudium’ when he talked about preaching and likened it to family conversation; I try and imagine that I’m at a coffee shop talking to someone and I just ...
Preaching has always been the minister’s greatest opportunity and responsibility. History shows that preaching is a barometer of the life of the Church. When the preaching has been dynamic, the Church ...
The gospel is moving out of the pulpit and into the public consciousness in many unorthodox ways—through jazz and rock Masses, plays, and even electric-light shows. Three current examples of ...
For the past several decades the Church has shown a growing interest in theology and, with that interest, an increasing demand that theology occupy a larger place in the content of the preacher’s ...
Cardinals and bishops concelebrating Mass with Pope Francis are seated in front of a statue of St. Peter dressed specially for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The man who is most likely Lubbock’s oldest pastor and probably one of the oldest in the world, just celebrated a major milestone. Not everybody is like Louis Schaap, a man who ...
In a candid interview, Sister Albina Gomes of the Sisters of Maria Bambina recalls decades of courageous evangelization among ...