tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post6925049689304510839..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Eighth Sunday after TrinityFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-3304565975390340562009-08-02T19:08:17.202-04:002009-08-02T19:08:17.202-04:00The problem of preaching against sin and for the f...The problem of preaching against sin and for the faith set down by the apostles in the Gospels and the totality of the New Testament is that you are always going to be stepping on someone's toes. But given the totality of your three sermons, Father Hart, what is a poor priest to do. This morning in my sermon I suggested that this is one of the mornings when many priests would prefer to be indisposed and leave the services and the preaching to someone else. But as St. Paul points out, we have no choice. We must preach the Lord's good news by our lives even before we attempt to put it into words and we can not leave it to others.<br /><br />But when we do and our congregation hears it and by His grace incorporates it into their lives by means of the sacraments, their reward and ours is great as expressed in the epistle. Indeed, I find that the very theme of our liturgy. The words mean what they say if only we, even we, and others would simply hear, believe and act upon them. I hope that others take the time to read all three of your sermons and find in the the strength to "read, mark, learn and inwardly digest" what is there.Canon Tallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182884929479435751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-69144098764301548272009-08-02T03:04:50.566-04:002009-08-02T03:04:50.566-04:00One of the last times I went to an RC parish, the ...One of the last times I went to an RC parish, the priest read the event from Exodus 17:10-13. I expected to hear a great sermon about spiritual warfare in the modern world. I expected something inspiring because that story of Moses and the battle against the Amalekites is inspiring.<br /><br />Instead I was treated to an <i>insipid</i> sermon about being nice while driving. No kidding.<br /><br />I've always wondered: Why did that priest rob me of the opportunity to know God better? Did he think I was too stupid, too weak, or too sensitive to accept the truth? I wanted to hear something that would leave me pondering the mystery of the incarnation, or the economy of salvation...something. <i>Any thing!</i> But no...be nice.<br /><br />Thank you for this sermon, and for the many others. Thank you for telling us the truth.RC Colanoreply@blogger.com