homily
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Citing the example of Metz, a city shaped by two world wars, Leo said in his homily that reconciliation was "only possible when one has the courage to break the chains of resentment".
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The private requiem mass included a homily from the Rt Rev David Charlesworth, Abbot of Buckfast.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The trend has drawn theological pushback all the way to the Vatican: Earlier this year, Pope Leo XIV warned clergy that to give a true homily is to share faith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
He said these words only a couple of days after his Easter homily, in which he warned against the “desire for domination.”
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2026
One Sunday, while our parents debated the meaning of Father Finnegan’s homily that morning, the doorbell rang.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
“Grantchester” may be ending, but “Father Brown” endures because its homilies champion the belief that good exists in everybody, even in the hearts of those who commit mortal sin.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
To an ordinary viewer, everything about this film is disappointing—the dull jokes, the stupid plot, the canned homilies, the silly and unworkable policy proposals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Joe Friday peppered every episode of “Dragnet” with homilies about moral weakness and crime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
The consecrated women who tended to Benedict during his pontificate and retirement recorded the homilies as he delivered them, and have now transcribed them for publication by the Vatican’s publishing house.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023
We may admit all this, and yet find fault with the moralizations and homilies of Whittier.
From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by W. Sloane Kennedy
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