What HAVE you heard in homilies?

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I “belong” to a parish where the priests and administrators are straight out of the New Oxford Review ads (Fr. Flake, Sister Shrill, etc.)! They actively “preach” New Age gibberish.

I now go to Mass at a new Catholic university in the area. The priests are very Orthodox and teach all the above “poll” material! You cannot imagine what a breath of fresh air it is!

To Anna Elizabeth (“I have children and grandchildren in the Atlanta area (western suburbs), and I would so appreciate a priest I could recommend.”), my brother lives in that area of Atlanta and goes to St. Francis de Sales in Mableton, GA (NW suburbs of Atlanta). It is Tridentine (the valid kind), the priests are young and very Orthodox; they don’t mince words! I’ve visited several times, and the pastor was calling it like it is in regards to Senator Kerry! 👍

-JohnDeP
 
Paul Ambro:
Well, technically, Christ comes from the greek word for “annointed one”. I’m sure Peter would know what the term “annointed one” was, since that is what Messiah means. And he’s saying that the Jews would not have known what Messiah means?:confused:
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You have retraced my thoughts exactly. Surely Peter would have understood the term “Messiah.” I am hoping some hyper-critical biblical scholar might give me some more clues on what my deacon what taught in seminary class.
 
One priest of my parish is fond of telling jokes and has even told a joke with a profanity in it. Needless to say, some people (as was I) were upset. But it’s known as a liberal parish so it’s not surprising. I have been looking for a more traditional parish in Central New Jersey but I don’t think they exist. I never hear homilies on hell but alot of “Jesus loves us” stuff.
 
Anna Elizabeth:
martino, Would you please tell me to which parish you are referring. I have children and grandchildren in the Atlanta area (western suburbs), and I would so appreciate a priest I could recommend. Is he the pastor or a new ordinand? (We, too, are getting great newly ordained priests in the St. Paul/Mpls area, but, of course, they remain only a few years in a given parish.)

Anna Elizabeth
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You can try Msgr. Richard Lopez. He is stationed at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish and teaches religion at St. Pius X High School. He is very good. He probably could give you good leads to other priests in that diocese that he would recommend.
 
I couldn’t choose any of the options because I haven’t heard any of these things in homilies. :bigyikes: What I have heard in every homily is how we need to love each other, and lots of Charlie Brown stories. When I was in RCIA I had to study on my own to learn what the Church teaches. They didn’t even tell us about the Sunday or Holy Day obligation to attend mass. :banghead:

I shudder to think about the new converts from my RCIA class running around without a clue about what they have joined! :o
 
I shudder to think about the new converts from my RCIA class running around without a clue about what they have joined!
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Have faith! The Holy Spirit is obviously working overtime in the hearts of many converts. If they are that passionate about joining the faith (and in my experience, most are), they won’t let a little thing like bad RCIA keep them from finding the Truth.
 
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Katholish:
All of them. I live in a Catholic paradise, and Homeschooling capital of the U.S. one of our priests is the Cure of Ars reincarnated. (<-- obviously not literally)
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Where do you live? I want to move there!!
–Ann
 
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AmandaCatherine:
I They didn’t even tell us about the Sunday or Holy Day obligation to attend mass. :banghead:
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:eek:

My old parish was the same way … OLD is the operative word! 👍
 
Our parish is blessed currently with a wonderful priest who gives challenging homilies. He speaks about abortion being a sin, about the need for outreach to our fellow man, about the proper role of the Saints, about the glory of the Eucharistic and how to approach the altar appropriately for Communion, etc etc etc. Wish we had ten of him. Recently he spoke very openly about our responsibility to be living what we say we believe. He listed several things we should therefore not be involved in, like pornography, homosexual liasons, adultery, excessive eating or TV watching, etc. Basically those 7 deadlies. Five people got up and walked out. I was so proud of our priest! 👍

Sadly, one thing he asks at EVERY Mass is for people to turn off their cell phone, and at least once EVERY Mass somebody’s cell phone goes off. It always seems to happen during the Consecration. :mad: Ugh.
 
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I go to Mass at the Fathers Of Mercy! Some of you may have heard of Fr. Bill Casey. It is Heaven!
John
 
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JohnDeP:
Age gibberish.

To Anna Elizabeth (“I have children and grandchildren in the Atlanta area (western suburbs), and I would so appreciate a priest I could recommend.”), my brother lives in that area of Atlanta and goes to St. Francis de Sales in Mableton, GA (NW suburbs of Atlanta). It is Tridentine (the valid kind), the priests are young and very Orthodox; they don’t mince words! I’ve visited several times, and the pastor was calling it like it is in regards to Senator Kerry! 👍

-JohnDeP
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Thanks, JohnDeP! I will send on this good news. What a valuable network these forums can be to identify dependable parishes and priests throughout the country. I will be glad to help anyone moving to Mpls. and its western suburbs in that effort. 🙂

Anna
 
T.A.Stobie:
You can try Msgr. Richard Lopez. He is stationed at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish and teaches religion at St. Pius X High School. He is very good. He probably could give you good leads to other priests in that diocese that he would recommend.
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Thank you so much. I will follow up on this and pass the word on to my Atlantans. 🙂

Anna
 
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martino:
I am one of the lucky ones that happens to have an excellent and holy priest. I have heard him speak on everyone of those issues in the last month alone!! He is the kind of priest that people commute long distances just to hear him preach, a modern day John Vianney if you will!!
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Martino,

Please, please tell me what parish! My daughter lives in Atlanta and I visit there regularly.
 
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thann:
They haven’t talked about the need for frequent confession yet – and I wish they would. Considering how I love that sacrament, perhaps I might write a small article for the bulletin on how it has changed my life.

'thann
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If you get it written, send it to me. I would love to use it. I preach on Confession, then spend two hours every weekend alone (I average less than one person every weekend) in the Confessional.
 
My parish usually has them have something to do with the readings and the gospel. Some great stories too, it makes us smile 🙂
 
I’m currently on a parish search, and this very issue is one of the reasons. During the last Mass I attended, the priest said during the homily that there might have been women and children in attendance at the Last Supper. During the previous one (at a different parish), the priest talked about the feeding of the multitudes and said he believes that the miracle was that the people shared their food rather than Christ miraculously multiplying what little food was there.

The only times that I’ve heard talk of Hell, immorality, or Church Fathers in a long time have been when visiting foreign priests (often from Africa) gave the sermons.
 
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zzzimbob:
I’m currently on a parish search, and this very issue is one of the reasons. During the last Mass I attended, the priest said during the homily that there might have been women and children in attendance at the Last Supper. During the previous one (at a different parish), the priest talked about the feeding of the multitudes and said he believes that the miracle was that the people shared their food rather than Christ miraculously multiplying what little food was there.
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:eek: :eek: :eek: RUN LIKE THE WIND! :eek: :eek:
 
Originally poste by ‘Amarischuk’:
“How many readings relate to contraception, same-sex marriages, confession and mortal sin, apologetics, just war theory, Marian devotions?
The purpose of the homily is not apologetics, not castigation, nor to get the congregation to vote Republican.”
Indirectly, all of them do. And the purpose of the homily is to "apply the day’s readings to the **needs of the congregation. **So - yes - if (or because) we all need apologetics in order for us to take the message received at Mass out into the rest of the world for its conversion. As for contraception, the beliefs, attitudes and consequent behavior of those who think it ok can be seen in all that we see - accurately - as repugnant in our society. As for “vot(ing) Republican”, given the diametrically opposed planks in their respective national platforms, it might seem to a very naive parishioner that a priest who preaches Christ’s view of things is specifically supporting the Republican party. **But that’s incorrect **- the simple fact is that on most (the certainly not all) moral issues the Republican party is in conformity with the Catholic Church, and that’s not a priest’s fault.
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By the way, I am very encouraged by the reports of so many good priests / homilies. Out here in the spiritual hinterland of the left coast both are exceedingly rare.
As for orthodox Newman centers at colleges / universities, the Order of Preachers (aka Dominicans) run excellent ones in Arizona, Oregon and Washington state that are well attended and with good vocations from them.
 
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NWUArmyROTC:
American Soldiers = Terrorists

Peter was married = so priests should be

shouldn’t call priests Father

We are the body of Christ, theological differences don’t matter
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Are you serious?
 
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