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The Deacon's Bench
How long is your homily?
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jmcgee
The Vatican has a suggestion: Homilies should be no longer than eight minutes — a listener’s average attention span, said the head of the synod office. Priests and deacons should also avoid reading straight from a text and instead work from notes so that they can have eye contact with the people in the pews,…
If
By
jmcgee
At first blush, I thought this brief essay was a classic example of someone who had a deadline to meet, and nothing to say, and an editor breathing down his neck. But I’m thinking, no: he actually has a good point to make. While sitting in church the other day, I was contemplating the meaning…
A Prayer Before I Preach
By
jmcgee
I have a rare weekend off from preaching; they’re showing a video for the Bishop’s Annual Catholic Appeal at all the masses, so that will eat up the homily time. So I don’t have a homily to post today. But I thought I’d share another great prayer from Deacon James Keating’s new book “A Deacon’s…
Advice to deacons, “as you hand on the word of God”
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jmcgee
“As the custodian of the word, Mary will hold a special place in your life as deacons. We are told in the Gospels that she treasured all matters pertaining to Christ in her heart. It was only until after the Resurrection that Mary handed on to the apostles what she treasured in her heart. It…
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