Priest "selling" book during homily on ewtn

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didja catch the priest hawking a book during the homily on ewtn? I think they do enough selling around the clock, but during a Mass homily? I think this was on all souls day, as he was hawking a book about purgatory.
 
Well, I highly doubt there is anything wrong with recommending a book on Purgatory at the end of a homily.

Not only that, I trust EWTN on 100% that they say and do. So I am cool. :aok:
 
sirach2v4 said:
didja catch the priest hawking a book during the homily on ewtn? I think they do enough selling around the clock, but during a Mass homily? I think this was on all souls day, as he was hawking a book about purgatory.
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Makes me a little uncomfortable, but no more than the tables of rosaries and Catholic pictures and other merchant booths set up outside the front entrance to my church every Sunday.

I didn’t see the homily in question, so to play devil’s advocate, maybe the priest really thinks the book will help the parishioners understand purgatorial issues? There’s nothing wrong with recommending a valid potential source of aid during a homily, even if it does happen to generate a little profit for EWTN (not my favorite station). “The laborer is worth his hire.”
 
The Mass was for All Souls Day if I understand this correctly? And the book is about Purgatory? Seeing how this would be one day out of 365 and that the two are related, there really might be viewers who would be interested in knowing more on the subject.
 
I for one, wish more priests would recommend good Spiritual reading. None of us does enough of that, and there is a lot of “junk” out there.
Wish I had seen it.
What was the name of the book?
 
1newcatholic said:
Makes me a little uncomfortable, but no more than the tables of rosaries and Catholic pictures and other merchant booths set up outside the front entrance to my church every Sunday.

I didn’t see the homily in question, so to play devil’s advocate, maybe the priest really thinks the book will help the parishioners understand purgatorial issues? There’s nothing wrong with recommending a valid potential source of aid during a homily, even if it does happen to generate a little profit for EWTN (not my favorite station). “The laborer is worth his hire.”
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What was the name of the book?
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I bet it’s the book that’s featured on EWTN’s home page right now (on their last moving slide), called Day by Day for the Holy Souls in Purgatory by Susan Tassone.

It also appears to be EWTN’s Book of the Month as well. Susan seems like she’s one of the leading experts on the Holy Souls as I seem to see her featured on EWTN programs and her name gets brought up quite a bit in regards to the Holy Souls. I know I have at least one of her books.
 
suko said:
I bet it’s the book that’s featured on EWTN’s home page right now (on their last moving slide), called Day by Day for the Holy Souls in Purgatory by Susan Tassone.

It also appears to be EWTN’s Book of the Month as well. Susan seems like she’s one of the leading experts on the Holy Souls as I seem to see her featured on EWTN programs and her name gets brought up quite a bit in regards to the Holy Souls. I know I have at least one of her books.
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Cool, thanks!
 
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Path_Finder said:
The Mass was for All Souls Day if I understand this correctly? And the book is about Purgatory? Seeing how this would be one day out of 365 and that the two are related, there really might be viewers who would be interested in knowing more on the subject.
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Well, yeah, that was the book. What difference does it make?

Jews and Muslims have their beliefs in something like purgatory, whether it’s the same is not clear. In Islam, I believe, everyone goes to heaven eventually – universalism.

the ewtn catalogue is online 24/7, so I don’t see the reason for not just browsing online, instead of being dunned by a priest about it. I’ve seen a book or two on purgatory, and they start off with the admission that we don’t know much about it. so, really, is there a point here, besides boosting royalties to the author? Has there been some new general revelation?
 
sirach2v4 said:
the ewtn catalogue is online 24/7, so I don’t see the reason for not just browsing online, instead of being dunned by a priest about it. I’ve seen a book or two on purgatory, and they start off with the admission that we don’t know much about it. so, really, is there a point here, besides boosting royalties to the author? Has there been some new general revelation?
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In this instance, I think charity calls us to give the benefit of the doubt to the priest in question, in that he just genuinely wants us to learn more about the Holy Souls, and increase devotion towards them. I don’t think any of us should really be questioning the priest on this. It’s up to him to do what he feels inspired to do during the homily, but if there are grave abuses done, then the Bishop, I think, should be contacted. This isn’t one of those cases, imo.

Anyway, my :twocents:
 
pianistclare said:
I for one, wish more priests would recommend good Spiritual reading. None of us does enough of that, and there is a lot of “junk” out there.
Wish I had seen it.
What was the name of the book?
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I love it when our priest mentions a book in a homily. He is very well read and I trust his opinion.
 
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