Full Mass audio
[audio:http://corpuschristibuffalo.org/ccmass0912.mp3]
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Audio of the first in Father Simon Shaner’s “Why Church?” talks…this talk is called Reason One: Community As the Good Shepherd, Jesus knew that sheep do best when they’re with other sheep.
[audio:http://corpuschristibuffalo.org/simon1.mp3]
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The second of these talks, Why Church? Reason Two: Real People Hypocrisy in the church is mostly a myth, will take place after the Gospel at both the 8:15 and 11:30am Masses next Sunday.
For more information about these talks, click here—>
Father Sebastian
Simon…good homily…but one more item which could be mentioned, is that sometimes, the priest cannot be understood because of an accent…or he is unable to get down to the people’s level, in other words he’s too intellectual. One of your brothers…
Stan
Another thought… sometimes the priest is not “intellectual enough” and appeals only to emotion. As Pope Benedict XVI constantly demonstrates by his homilies, faith and reason go hand in hand. If we rely on emotion alone, we may attract some but emotion will never bring lasting fruit. “Boze will punish” might work for a 5 year old, but a mature understanding of God relationship with us implies our loving response (the meaning of the word “devotion”) to God is what matters most. How that loving response is lived is ours to figure out. So, the homily should be well crafted and not off the cuff musings. A well thought out message, rooted in the priest’s prayer-life, is the net that catches souls along with grace that operates through the messenger and despite the messenger.