The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att...
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
I completely applaud this. When clergy leave the homily to lay people, they're abandoning their mandate to preach the word of God. It's one of their most important functions. I suspect that I could give a better homily than the majority of priests out there-- sorry, but most priests are boring, but I have no authority from the Church to do that. Priests should strive to be Christ-- Christ preached to the people.
ReplyDeleteI agree with a cardinal some years ago who said that homilies (priest/deacon) ought to be stopped for a year or more till they learn how to preach a homily.In a prefect world a parish would have a deacon/priest whose would be responsible for the homilies.Actually lay persons are permitted to give a 'talk' after the gospel is read (priest/deacon) but the explanation of the day's readings is the reserve of the priest/deacon.
ReplyDeleteIt is my understanding that the Code of Canon Law states that the homily "is reserved to a priest or deacon" (CIC 767).
ReplyDeleteAlso, the GIRM ( General Instruction of the Roman Missal 66) states that:
The homily should ordinarily be given by the priest celebrant himself. He may entrust it to a concelebrating priest or occasionally, according to circumstances, to the deacon, but never to a lay person.
So, the decision is definitely to be applauded!
Kathie: I agree with you. A homily must be reserved for a priest, deacon or bishop. But do you think that there could (or should) be some way to involve the laity in sharing their wisdom within a liturgical setting occasionally on topics that fall more within their purview than could be expounded on by a cleric?
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I was wrong to say that a lay person could 'give a talk' following the reading of the Gospel.Canons766 and 767#1 clearly state that though a lay person may give a 'talk' it may not be after the Gospel where a homily is reserved to a priest/deacon.
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