Comments on: Letter to my Priest: Part 1 http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2009/01/10/letter-to-my-priest-part-1/ Now This Is The Real World! Where Theology and Real Life Meet. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:10:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josh Miller http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2009/01/10/letter-to-my-priest-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1252950 Josh Miller Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:22:20 +0000 http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/?p=1980#comment-1252950 This is a really great post, David. I know how floored I was when Msgr. Swetland would challenge us through catechetical homilies, how it sparked a true interest in the Church. Bottom line is, we need more doctrinal homilies in the parish. This is a really great post, David.

I know how floored I was when Msgr. Swetland would challenge us through catechetical homilies, how it sparked a true interest in the Church.

Bottom line is, we need more doctrinal homilies in the parish.

]]> By: Deacon Jacob Maurer http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2009/01/10/letter-to-my-priest-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1252485 Deacon Jacob Maurer Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:45:56 +0000 http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/?p=1980#comment-1252485 Hello David, No criticism was intended! I look forward to reading the rest of your series on good homiletics. Respectfully, Deacon Jacob Maurer Hello David,

No criticism was intended! I look forward to reading the rest of your series on good homiletics.

Respectfully,
Deacon Jacob Maurer

]]> By: David http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2009/01/10/letter-to-my-priest-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1251289 David Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:40:08 +0000 http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/?p=1980#comment-1251289 Dim - coincidentally, Fr. Montague was my thesis director for my MA which I had recently completed about the time I wrote this letter. Dcn Jacob - yes, I suppose I should have expanded the scope to encompass all homilists. Thanks for the comments. Dim – coincidentally, Fr. Montague was my thesis director for my MA which I had recently completed about the time I wrote this letter.

Dcn Jacob – yes, I suppose I should have expanded the scope to encompass all homilists. Thanks for the comments.

]]> By: Deacon Jacob Maurer http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2009/01/10/letter-to-my-priest-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1250909 Deacon Jacob Maurer Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:21:19 +0000 http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/?p=1980#comment-1250909 Strong food for thought for all of us who presume to preach. Thank you for posting it. Respectfully, Deacon Jacob Maurer Strong food for thought for all of us who presume to preach. Thank you for posting it.

Respectfully,
Deacon Jacob Maurer

]]> By: dim bulb http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/2009/01/10/letter-to-my-priest-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1250757 dim bulb Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:15:39 +0000 http://cosmos-liturgy-sex.com/?p=1980#comment-1250757 The first paragraph of the letter you quote("The first content comment is that it appears..") reminded me of something I just read in the George T. Monatgue's commentary on the Pasorals. Commenting on 1 Tim 4:13( "attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching") he writes: "but timothy is to do more than read and explain. He should 'exhort,' that is, appeal to the heart, a role Paul describes in 1 Cor 14:3 as the particular gift of the prophet, though it is the charge of the bishop as well (Titus 1:9). When Paul and his companions arrived at the synagogue in Antioch of Pisidia, after the reading of the law and the prophets, they were asked, 'If any one of you has a word of exhortation for the people, please speak' (Acts 13:15). This would basically correspond to what we would call a good, Scripture-based homily or sermon today. Its purpose is to appeal to the heart and conscience in such a way as to build up faith, hope, and love (Rom 15:4). " Finally, Paul lists teaching, which here in the Pastorals means the teaching of sound doctrine. The growth and stability of the Christian community cannot be assured merely by exhortation. If teaching without exhortation may fill the head without warming the heart, exhortation without teaching will eventually evaporate.The faithful need a clear understanding of their faith, and it is the role of the pastor to provide it. In Eph 4:11 the roles of teacher and pastor, though distinguished, are closely paired, suggesting the pastor also assures that teaching is done, either by himself or others." http://www.catholicscripturecommentary.com/about-the-ccss The first paragraph of the letter you quote(“The first content comment is that it appears..”) reminded me of something I just read in the George T. Monatgue’s commentary on the Pasorals. Commenting on 1 Tim 4:13( “attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching”) he writes:

“but timothy is to do more than read and explain. He should ‘exhort,’ that is, appeal to the heart, a role Paul describes in 1 Cor 14:3 as the particular gift of the prophet, though it is the charge of the bishop as well (Titus 1:9). When Paul and his companions arrived at the synagogue in Antioch of Pisidia, after the reading of the law and the prophets, they were asked, ‘If any one of you has a word of exhortation for the people, please speak’ (Acts 13:15). This would basically correspond to what we would call a good, Scripture-based homily or sermon today. Its purpose is to appeal to the heart and conscience in such a way as to build up faith, hope, and love (Rom 15:4).

” Finally, Paul lists teaching, which here in the Pastorals means the teaching of sound doctrine. The growth and stability of the Christian community cannot be assured merely by exhortation. If teaching without exhortation may fill the head without warming the heart, exhortation without teaching will eventually evaporate.The faithful need a clear understanding of their faith, and it is the role of the pastor to provide it. In Eph 4:11 the roles of teacher and pastor, though distinguished, are closely paired, suggesting the pastor also assures that teaching is done, either by himself or others.”
http://www.catholicscripturecommentary.com/about-the-ccss

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