What is this Blog for?

We are taught in seminary that a homily needs to be between 7-10 minutes long. I believe this and usually preach around 8 minutes, give or take. Yet, as Archbishop Romero was reported to have said, not every homily can cover everything. Still, when he made this statement, blogs were not a thing yet. Often I find that there are other stories I could make, or more biblical insight to provide that can build on a homily. As well people will ask questions, and these could have been useful.

Homilies are meant to awaken people more and more to the presence and the working of God in their lives. The homily involves some catechesis, story telling, admonition, and inspiration. The center of the homily is always God, in Jesus, through the Holy Spirit.

Recently our Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult ministry told me that some kids want longer homilies because we need to explain more. Wow, I thought, isn't that ironic.

So what I want to do in this blog is expand on the homily that I would have given the previous weekend. I would like to include some biblical background and some church teaching background to illustrate. I would like to use text, because some people need to read; video, poetry, whatever...all to build upon this.

I hope it works out well.

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