Does your pastor give good homilies? Poll

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Does your pastor give good homilies?
  • Yes, almost always
  • Sometimes
  • No, rarely if ever
  • No, but the associate pastor or deacon does
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I’d like to know if people think that the quality of the homily effects their parish’s Mass attendance. Any discussion on the topic would be appreciated.
 
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Do his homilies draw people to Mass?

For example, when my family or friends visit my parish, and the pastor gives the homily, the family or friends who don’t attend Mass regularly remark that if their pastor gave homilies like that they would attend Mass more often.
 
I voted “almost always” but it is more like always.
He is such a dynamic speaker he keeps my attention and I always remember the homily.
 
Our parish priest gives great homilies. I really do not believe it makes a difference in attendance at Mass. At least not at our parish.
We have a great choir and servers.
 
At first they were absolutely gorgeous homilies, and quite complex; I think he may have received complaints, though, because he simplified them. I was disappointed, but I did get to spend several weeks living with my imagined ideal of a Catholic Mass with a Protestant-quality sermon.

The simpler homilies are still well-written, and well-delivered. He’s not one to just slide in and speak off-the-cuff. I greatly appreciate that.
 
StephieNorthCo said:
You missed a couple options. For instance, yes, and so do the Associate Pastors.
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I assumed the yes vote would encompass that possibility as well.

I almost didn’t include the “No, but the associate…” because I think it would be so awkward for the pastor to be routinely outdone in the homily department.
 
MrsAngelala said:
At first they were absolutely gorgeous homilies, and quite complex;
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The homily has to speak to a wide audience. The ones that are deep tend to serve the people who aren’t going anywhere away from the Church anyway. Save that deep stuff for extra credit…

I’ve been to many different Churches, and it’s not often that I hear a homily that would interest Catholic who may have made it to Mass that doesn’t often come.
 
Yes! Our pastor, and both of the priests who assist him, all give fantastic homilies. When I was protestant (a long time ago, before I was pagan, which was before I became Catholic) I used to take notes on the sermon (protestant equivalent of a homily) which the pastor would give. I’ve often thought it would be awkward to take notes on the homily during a Catholic service, but I’ve wondered if I could get permission to record the homilies and take notes later on (would be easier on the computer anyway.) I wish I could record them and distribute them, because they’re often that good that I wish others could hear them who can’t get to our parish. I know the latter would not likely be welcomed, but maybe I’ll get the courage to ask if I can record them for my own notes.
 
All of our priests give excellent homilies as well.

Now, there was one suspect deacon homily, but it was his first and he was as nervous. We’ll give him a pass.
 
Our pastor, the Associate, and the frequent guest Associate all deliver very different homolies.

Our Pastor delivers short, but very intellectually intense sermons. You have to really think about them. But if you take the time to think about what what he said, almost always you come to the conclusion, WOW!

Our associate gives long but very well thought out, and instructive sermons.

Different people would come to very different conclusions as to which were “better” or good. If you are well catecized, and can think quick, you would greatly prefer the Pastors. If you’re less catecized, the Associates explanation style would be preferable. I like all their styles, but I personally get most from the challenging short one.
 
The homilies at our parish are recorded on video and put on the parish website.

We have also been encouraged to take notes at Mass during the homily if we so desire.

If you have the computer skills to do it, maybe you’re the guy to do it for your parish. There’s nothing wrong with taking a trip down to the parish office and asking.
 
I’m an odd duck; an extrovert with social anxiety. It basically means it takes a while for me to work up the courage to approach new situations, as well as new people. In this case, things have changed a lot at my parish recently (went from Franciscan to Diocesan, and major staff turnover) and I’m still getting comfortable with the new folks enough to approach on something like that. My computer skills are limited, but I can at least record and edit video, and put it on a website; I run a website for promoting the books I write and my other writing.
 
I said, “rarely, if ever” because he reads canned homilies from a homily service which I assume is American because every single reference in them is American and he sometimes doesn’t seem to understand them himself. It may be because English is not his first language or he may simply not be gifted in the homily department.
 
Phemie said:
he reads canned homilies from a homily service
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I’ve never heard of a homily service. Is that a real thing? How could a priest become a pastor without being able to give a homily (rhetorical)??
 
My parish has the homilies on SoundCloud on our parish website.
 
Oh believe me, they slip through! Because the priest is there mainly for the Eucharist, the homily isnt the primary concern during seminary. I wish it had more importance as being spiritually fed is a necessity for me!
 
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