What’s the Point of a Homily?
Bishop Edward Risi OMI – Lately there have been comments in The Southern Cross and other publications about homilies. Some...
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Open Up Homilies to a Prayerful Laity
From Sr Judy Coyle IHM, Johannesburg -The late Benedictine liturgist Aidan Kavanagh in a small book entitled Elements of Rite...
Should We Vary the Preachers at Mass?
I know of one European diocese where the bishop has approved a “homily team” of half-a-dozen lay people who have...
What Were These Old Testament Sacrifices?
In the Eucharistic Prayer we pray that God will look upon our offerings ‘as you once were pleased to accept...
Behind a Good Homily
To what extent listeners positively respond to a homily is not readily noticed by the preacher at the most there...
Missal 5: New prayers for the Eucharist
In Southern Africa, we implemented the new Roman missal’s Phase One the changes that most directly involve the congregation in...
Work of Man or Work of God?
Denis Barrett, Johannesburg – Father Anthony Esposito’s letter “The New order of the Mass -a work of Man” (March 16), was...
The Creed’s ‘Consubstantial’ – What Does it Mean?
In the Nicene Creed we now recite at Sunday Mass, we say that Jesus Christ is consubstantial with the...
Imagine Mass at Mecca
Bernadette Wilczkiewicz IBVM, Pretoria – Professor Ngara writes about the inter-faith character of celebrations at Holy Saviour cathedral in Ethiopia...
