Sermons...

[CARose]

I think that perhaps rather than bemoaning the fact that the priests are not tapping into the talents of the theologically gifted parishoners, we’d be better to step up, as I understood Deacon Tony to be suggesting, and take all the non-theological grunt tasks off Father’s hands, freeing him up to do what he has been trained to do.

I think we’ve come to a time where far too many of us would like to have Father do his job as we best know it is meant to be accomplished. How nice if we freed him up to do it as he knows it should be done and showed him the respect due to his position.

CARose

 

[Detroit_Sue]

I’m sorry, this made me laugh. Coming from a parish where hearing the “hard stuff” is the norm, my husband preached an excellent homily on our need for Confession, and how our fallen nature leads us into sin without the help of absolution, shortly after he was ordained. He was to preach at all of the Masses that weekend. After Saturday Mass, the priest told him that HE would be preaching the rest of the Masses, and HIS homily focused on how “good” we are. My husband has been a deacon for 2 years. He’s been allowed to preach a handful of times at his assignment parish. However, our home parish asks for him on a regular basis, a priest down the road begged him for a year to be his deacon, and now another parish wants him. We know it isn’t the messenger, it’s the message his pastor cringes from! Yet, my husband will not leave that parish, because he gives a small, but orthodox, group of parishioners what they need. It’s almost like he has to be underground!

 

[MaryAgnes]

CARose:

I think that perhaps rather than bemoaning the fact that the priests are not tapping into the talents of the theologically gifted parishoners, we’d be better to step up, as I understood Deacon Tony to be suggesting, and take all the non-theological grunt tasks off Father’s hands, freeing him up to do what he has been trained to do.

I think we’ve come to a time where far too many of us would like to have Father do his job as we best know it is meant to be accomplished. How nice if we freed him up to do it as he knows it should be done and showed him the respect due to his position.

CARose

There are more than just “non-theological grunt tasks” that the priest may be attending to. Where parishes have only one priest there are far too many catechetical and pastoral tasks for one person to handle. Many lay persons are also called, have sacrificed time and money to become theologically trained. Their ministry in the Church does nothing to disrespect the priest. As a matter of fact, such ministry affords both the priest and the lay person the opportunity to respect each other’s call to ministry for the common good of the Body of Christ.

 

[Debpeary]

I really like my parish rather large one, but I have to say that Sunday after Sunday the homilies are cut and dry, no topics that would possibly bristle anyone. I would love to hear a homily about hell, abortion, adultery and anything that deals with important issues that face us today. We look for the priests to lead us and give us the information we need to keep us on the right path. We want to be told this is right and this is wrong. We are in a sense the flock needing to be led and reminding us in the homilies what kind of lives we should be leading that will bring us closer to the Father.