Showing posts with label Homily. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Homily. Show all posts

Eucharistic Reflection - Over And Over

"The greatest priest who ever lived would give the same homily every time, over and over, and it was just two lines. 

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 St. John Vianney would tell the people every Sunday: 'If you only knew how much Jesus loves you in the Blessed Sacrament, you would die of happiness.' Then pointing to the tabernacle, he would say, 'Jesus is really there'."
(From Letters to a Brother Priest by Msgr Josefino S. Ramirez)  

Let us pray that all our priests would do the same!

Homilies - When Were You Last Challenged To Change the Way You Live?


The best homilies are those which challenge us to look objectively at our relationship with God and how we live out our faith. We need to be reminded of the great chasm that often exists between what we profess to believe and how we actually live our lives. We must be encouraged to seek God's grace and forgiveness if we are ever to bridge that gap.

How can that be done? Father Suarez has some unambiguous suggestions:



Eucharistic Reflection - Would A Stranger Know?

  "The Eucharist is alive. If a stranger who knew nothing about the Eucharist were to watch the way we receive, would he know...