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Preaching the Mystery of Faith: The Sunday HomilySlide2
Fr. John Guthrie
Associate Director, Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations
USCCB
PowerPoint found at:
www.usccb.org
/priesthoodSlide3
Two Talks:
Exploration of the Document
Magisterial foundations
Contents of the Document
Comparison with “Fulfilled in Your Hearing” (1982)Slide4
Practical Pastoral Implications
Some strategies and resources
Case studySlide5
Magisterial Foundations:
Dei Verbum
God self-communicates
A
personalist
view of revelationSlide6
Pope Benedict XVI
“Balance”
Exegetical approach
Promotion of “theological exegesis” leading to “theological homilies”Slide7
Preaching the Mystery of Faith
The
context
: the New Evangelization which is the
“focus, mission, and ministry of the Church going into the future” (p. 3) Slide8
The
challenge
: “
the homilist of today must realize that he is addressing a congregation that is more culturally diverse than previously, one that is profoundly affected by the surrounding secular agenda and, in many instances, inadequately catechized” (p. 5)Slide9
Objectives
“To stir the hearts of our people” (p. 4)
“To deepen the knowledge of the faith” (p. 4)
“To renew their living the faith in the world and participation in the Church and her sacraments” (p. 4)Slide10
“To lead people into a loving and intimate relationship with the Lord” (p. 26)
“To lead the hearer into the deep inner connection between God’s Word and the actual circumstances of one’s everyday life” (p. 29)Slide11
“To inspire and move those who hear it, to enable them to understand in heart and mind what the mysteries of our redemption mean for our lives and how they might call us to repentance and change” (p. 30)Slide12
The integrative role of the homily—Insights from the Emmaus Story
Heading away from Jerusalem and the Introductory Rite
“The Paschal Mystery informs Human Experience”Slide13
Old and New Testament illumine one another = the Liturgy of the Word
Homily links
Scripture
and Eucharist = Liturgy of the Eucharist Slide14
“The Emmaus account illuminates the interpenetration of the two dimensions of the Eucharistic liturgy. Jesus’ explanation of the Scriptures (the Liturgy of the Word) leads to an intense experience of communion with the Risen Christ (the Liturgy of the Eucharist), and the very vividness of the latter bring about a deeper appreciation of the former (‘Were not our hearts burning within us?’)” (p. 17)Slide15
Sending on mission = Concluding Rite
“Our encounter with Jesus inevitably leads to mission; our love for Jesus translates into love for others. This is why the homily … ought to inspire a sense of mission for those who hear it, making them doers and proclaimers of the same word in the world. A homily that does not lead to mission is, therefore, incomplete.” (p. 18)Slide16
The new and key section of document:
"The Sunday Homily, Doctrine, and the Church's Catechesis" (pp. 21-27)
“
the
intrinsic relationship
between preaching, doctrine, and catechesis” (p. 21
)—example: St. Paul’s preachingSlide17
A balanced approach and the place for theological homilies
“The Church’s rich theological, doctrinal, and catechetical tradition must therefore properly
inform
the preaching task in its liturgical setting” (p. 5)Slide18
Comparison with Fulfilled in Your Hearing (FYH)
(1982)
Fr. Jeremy Driscoll, OSB:
“Nothing is lost here…. But much is gained”
Slide19
Continuity
Explicit Affirmation of FYH
Theology of the Preacher
Affirmation of importance of images, metaphors and storiesSlide20
Discontinuity (shades of difference)
PMF: a statement of the whole Conference
Humility vs. confidence
Starting point
Assessment of the culture, surrounding environment
View of historical-critical methodSlide21
Reflection Questions:
What do you find affirming about
the new document,
Preaching the Mystery of
Faith
?
What do you find challenging?
How does the insights of the document affirm your own preaching? How do they challenge it?Slide22
Practical Pastoral Implications
“The Church’s rich theological, doctrinal, and catechetical tradition must therefore properly
inform
the preaching task in its liturgical setting” (p. 5)
How can catechesis and doctrine “inform” the preaching task?Slide23
Theological Tools:
A good Catholic commentary such as the “Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture”Slide24
Fr. Daniel
Merz
and Marcel Rooney, OSB:
Essential Presidential Prayers and Texts
(Liturgical Training Publications, 2011)Slide25
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
(
InterVarsity
Press)
Good Catholic theologySlide26
Sample Homily
Structure:
Experience
Reflection on experience
Enlightenment from Scripture
Admonition to change = conversionSlide27
Sample Homily (revised)
Structure:
Experience
Reflection on experience
Enlightenment from Scripture
Theological Section
Admonition to change = conversionSlide28
Sample Homily: Possible Theological Improvements
Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture
“Drink the cup”
“Baptism”
On the Lord’s right and leftSlide29
Mass parts for 29
th
Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Collect: “
Almighty ever-living God
,
grant
that we may always conform our will to
yours
and
serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.” Slide30
Prayer over the Offerings: “Grant us, Lord, we pray
, a
sincere respect for your gifts
,
that
, through the purifying action of your grace
,
we
may be cleansed by the very mysteries we serve.” Slide31
Prayer after Communion: “Grant, O Lord, we pray
, that
, benefiting from participation in heavenly things
, we
may be helped by what you give in this present
age and
prepared for the gifts that are eternal.”Slide32
Catechism of the Catholic Church
605
1551
1570Slide33
Good Catholic theology
Fr. Jeremy Driscoll, OSB
Creed: “For us men and for our salvation”
”Jesus is Lord” Slide34
Fr. Robert Barron
Incarnation … kenosis
Online resource:
u
sccb.org
/homileticsSlide35
Process:
Evaluate a recent
homily:
what are the possibilities of making it more catechetical/theological?