Preaching Links

We preach for encounter; we preach to bring people closer to God, to guide, to facilitate or make more possible the encounter of hearers with a living God.

Meeting the living God changes us. We call this metanoia (conversion or transformation) - which is an ongoing, life-long process - we are moved to gratitude, wonder, and love, which grounds the desire to live differently, to respond and serve in a life of missionary or intentional discipleship, devoted to service and mission (holiness of life).

-Fr. Michael E. Connors, CSC 

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, through a grant from the American Bible Society, will offer a Sunday Seminar Series of five videos about Sacred Scripture in the life of the Church. These videos, offered in English and Spanish, will be offered by some of the finest biblical scholars in the United States.

Information (Eucharistic Revival Blog)

Website / Videos (English & Español)

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What makes a great Catholic homily? And what goes into the art of delivering it well? Preach is a weekly podcast from America Media that features a diverse cast of Catholic preachers who open up their hearts and minds to reveal their techniques, approaches to interpreting scripture and the spiritual reflection necessary to enable great preaching. CLICK HERE for more!

LECTIONARY RESOURCES
Preaching the Lectionary
Resources for Proclamation

SCRIPTURE RESOURCES
On-Line Texts
Greek & Hebrew
Academic Resources for Exegesis

PREACHING PEACE & JUSTICE
Avoiding Unintended Anti-Judaism

PREACHING & THE SCIENCES
Care for Creation

SPANISH RESOURCES (Recursos en Español)

OTHER PREACHING RESOURCES
Ecclesial Documents
Marten Program - Notre Dame
Other Lectures (Video) / Articles
FDLC: Mystagogy on Missal Prayers
Preaching Organizations

Resources for proclaimers and preachers of the word.

General Resources

Lectio divina (St. John's Abbey)

Roman Catholic Liturgical Calendar (Daily Readings) 
Catholic Resources - Felix Just, SJ 
Lectionary.com (ecumenical)

Calendario litúrgico (Spanish / Español)

Preaching the Lectionary

USCCB Homiletics Page 
Preaching Hope
Catholic Women Preach
TheWord (Dominican Preaching from around the world)
Creighton University - Daily Reflections 
Preachers' Exchange - Jude Siciliano, OP 
The Center for Liturgy - St. Louis University 
Liturgy Prep - Sunday Homilies and Commentary
Lectionary Resources - Institute for Homiletics (Univ. of Dallas)
The Text This Week (ecumenical) - includes connections to movies and art
Word on Fire - Bp. Robert Barron 
WorkingPreacher (Luther Seminary) 
Building on the Word: Homiletics, Bible study, and Jewish-Christian Resources 
Catholic Homily Resources 
Biblical Resources (Ireland)
SermonWriter (Protestant)
NCR-Sunday 
Sermons That Work (Episcopal Church)
New Pilgrim Path (Ireland)
Christian Art (reflections on the gospel text)

Resources for Proclaiming the Word

Lector Resources (Catholics Proclaim)
     -includes guides for readers, audio recordings, and pronunciation guide - as well as other links

Lector's Notes
     - For each day's first and second readings (and occasionally for the gospel), the Notes give the historical and theological background, plus suggestions on oral interpretation. 

Liturgy Prep - Sunday Homilies and Commentary
     - Click on the "Lector" tab

Two sites with audio files:
     >  Pronunciation Guide
     >  Pronouncing Biblical Words 

USCCB - Daily Readings (audio)

Lectio Divina 

On-Line Texts

Bible Gateway 
Bible Hub (previously "Biblos" - multilingual parallel texts & other resources; use critically since it does not reflect Catholic biblical theology and criticism) 
Bibleverses (multiple versions; accessible for those with visual impairments)
     Read Bibleverses'  mission statement here.
Biblia.com (multiple versions and other resources; can open in two parallel columns for comparison) 
Biblia Católica (Scripture translations in multiple languages - including Spanish, Latin, French, German, Italian, Greek....) 
Catholic.Bible
Early Christian Writings 
Gospel Parallels 1
Gospel Parallels 2 (table)
Gospel Parallels 3 (table, links)
New American Bible, revised edition (USCCB) 
Oremus Bible Browser (NRSV and others)
*British Sign Language

Greek & Hebrew

Bible Web App (parallel Greek NT) 
Codex Sinaiticus 
Greek Dictionary
Greek New Testament Online 
Greek New Testament by verse 
NETS: New English Translation of the Septuagint
Online Greek Interlinear 
Online Hebrew Interlinear
Sefaria: A Living Library of Jewish Texts
vHMML: Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (digital collection and additional resources)
     (for more information about the Library and its work, click here) 

Academic Resources for Exegesis

Bible Tools and Links (Ecumenism in Canada) 
Biblical Studies on the Web (BSW) 
Bible Study Tools
Bible Odyssey (SBL)  
Biblical Research by Michael Marlow 
Catholic Biblical Association - links page 
Catholic Resources - Felix Just, SJ 
Enter the Bible (Luther Seminary) 
John Carroll University - Biblical Studies Homepage 
K.C. Hanson's Homepage 
The New Testament Gateway 
The Old Testament Gateway 
Resource Pages for Biblical Studies 
Reading the Word of God with the Church (an extensive library of resources for download from the Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy)
Society of Biblical Literature
-Bible Odyssey (the world’s leading scholars share the latest historical and literary research on key people, places, and passages of the Bible)
The Visual Commentary on Scripture

See also the Preachers' Exchange and the Center for Liturgy websites listed above.

Center of Concern 
National Catholic Rural Life Conference 
Peace Connections 
peaceonjustice blog  
Social Justice Lectionary (uses Revised Common Lectionary)
Preaching Laudato Si' (Catholic Climate Covenant)
Maryknoll Reflection Guides
Preaching for God's World (RCL)

Avoiding Unintended Anti-Judaism

"Sadly, anti-Semitic attitudes are also present in our own times. As I have often repeated, a Christian cannot be an anti-Semite; we share the same roots.  It would be a contradiction of faith and life. Rather, we are called to commit ourselves to ensure anti-Semitism is banned from the human community." -Pope Francis

Church Documents
Nostra Aetate (Vatican II, 1965) 
Guidelines for Implementing Nostra Aetate (Vatican, 1974)
Notes on the correct way to present the Jews and Judaism in preaching and catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church (Vatican, 1982) 
Guidelines for Catholic-Jewish Relations (USCCB, 1985) 
God's Mercy Endures Forever: Guidelines on the Presentation of Jews and Judaism in Catholic Preaching (USCCB, 1988)
Criteria for the Evaluation of Dramatizations of the Passion (USCCB, 1988) 
We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah (Vatican, 1998) 
Catholic Teaching on the Shoah - Implementing We Remember (USCCB, 2001) 
The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible (PBC, 2001) 
Respecting Judaism and Jewish Traditions during Lent and the Paschal Triduum (BCDW, 2014) 
Ecumenical and Interreligious Sensitivity in Preaching (John W. Crossin, OSFS; Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, USCCB) 
"The Gifts and the Calling of God are Irrevocable" (Vatican, 2015) 
   -annotated version

Catholic Biblical Association Fact Sheets
These are posted with the kind permission of the CBA.
Introduction
On Jewish Responsibility for the Death of Jesus
On Lepers
On the Pharisees
On Women

Center for Christian-Jewish Learning 
Home Page 
Preaching Do's and Don'ts 
Criteria for Presenting Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Teaching
(summation of Catholic Church documents) 
Resource Library
Video Library
 
Video Series: Presenting the Passion... without blaming "the Jews"

1. Judas and Betrayal (“Do you betray me with a kiss?”) with Ruth Langer and Jesper Svartvik 
2. The Jewish Leaders and Conspiracy (“Looking for a way to arrest Jesus…and kill him.”) with Katharina von Kellenbach and Peter A. Pettit
3. The Jewish Crowd, Pilate, and Guilt (“His blood be on us and our children.”) with Victoria Barnett, Philip Cunningham, and Adam Gregerman
4. The Crucifixion and Accountability (“And they took him away and crucified him.”) with Mary Boys, John Pawlikowski, and Elena Procario-Foley  

Videos from the Center for Christian Engagement, St. Mark's College, Vancouver

1. How To Respond To Anti-Semitism In Christian Biblical Interpretation
2. Jesus and the Forces of Death

Other Resources 
A Select Bibliography (Agnoli; updated 4/23/24)

Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations
-this site has an impressive collection of documents, articles, and other resources

Jewish-Christian Relations

ICJS: Institute for Islamic-Christian-Jewish Studies [resource page]  

ISPS-Ratisbonne / Bat Kol Christian Centre for Jewish Studies: includes weekly commentaries on the readings from Christian and Jewish lectionaries

Bat Kol בת-קול International: An Online Grassroots Initiative for Christians Studying the Word of God within its Jewish milieu using Jewish sources

Society for Post-Supercessionist Theology
Post-Supercessionism

Journal: Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations
Journal of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting

Paul Within Judaism

Jewish Virtual Library 

ELCA: Preaching & Teaching "With Love and Respect for the Jewish People"

Philip Cunningham (Institute for Jewish Catholic Relations)

Rabbi David Rosen

PBC: Jesus and the Pharisees Conference (Videos)

"What Christians Get Wrong about Judaism and Why it Matters" (video)

A Bibliography

• Readings in Science and Theology (update 4/23/24)

Catholic Theological Union: Preaching with the Sciences

• Science and Spirituality: Science for the Common Good / Climate Change (Prof. Ramanathan)
• Primatology (Dr. Cords)
• Empathy / Theory of the Mind (Prof. Spezio)
• Reawakening the Religious Imagination with (Space) Science (Dr. Wolf-Chase)
• Clinical Pathology / COVID (Dr. Beavis)

• Lecture: Preaching with the Sciences
• Homily

Preaching and Neuroscience 

Vatican Observatory

• Faith & Science Resources

Faraday Institute

• Wonder, Wisdom and Worship: Opportunities and challenges for using science in preaching

Preaching and Care for Creation

• USCCB: Caring for God's Creation - Resources for Liturgy, Preaching, and Taking Action
• Catholic Climate Covenant: Homiletic Resources (Preaching Laudato Si')
• Association of US Catholic Priests
• Global Catholic Climate Movement
• Creation-Crisis Preaching (ecumenical)
• Preaching for God's World (ecumenical)
• Green Lectionary Podcast (ecumenical)
• EcoPreacher 1-2-3 (ecumenical)

Biblia Católica (Traducciones bíblicas en varios idiomas)
Catecismo Católico de los Estados Unidos para los Adultos 
Se Realiza a Escucharla 

Homilías Católicas 
Homilías Dominicales 
Homilías Breves 
Palabras para Domingo
Reflexiones Dominicales 
Reflexiones en Español 
Servício Biblico Latinoamericano 
Ciudad Redonda
     -lectura del día
     -comentario / homilia

Homiletic Bibliography (Agnoli; updated 5/2/23) 
Yale University Divinity School Library - Resources for Preaching 
Marten Program (Notre Dame): Preaching Resources

Ecclesial Documents

Evangelii Gaudium:
     complete: html / pdf
     excerpt:  The Homily
Fulfilled in Your Hearing (USCCB)
     Se Realiza a Escucharla
Preaching the Mystery of Faith: The Sunday Homily (USCCB)
     Review of Preaching the Mystery of Faith (Agnoli)
Homiletic Directory (full text on Vatican website)
     Review of the Homiletic Directory (Agnoli)
      Homiletic Directory (order from USCCB Publishing)
 

Marten Program in Homiletics and Liturgics - Notre Dame

The  Marten Program in Homiletics and Liturgics hosts an annual conference on preaching. The keynote addresses and breakout sessions are subsequently posted on YouTube. Please click on the links below, which will take you to the conference webpage. From there, you can link to the individual talks.

2024: Marten Lecture: "Getting to the Good News in Preaching: Practical Implications
for Preachers and Teachers" (Dr. Paul Scott Wilson) (sermon at Evening Prayer)
[links to GoogleDocs]
2023: Preaching Conference: “Visions of the Reign of God: Preaching and Catholic Social
Teaching” (or direct to GoogleDocs)
2023: Workshop: The Art of Preaching (Fr. Mike Connors, CSC)
2023: Marten Lecture: Accompaniment and Storytelling: The Pulpit in the Hispanic Community of the United States (Fr. David Garcia) (homily at Mass)
2022: Marten Lecture: Preaching with the Sciences (Fr. Ed Foley, Capuchin) (homily at Mass)
2022: Preaching Conference: "Living in the Light of the Word: Enlivening the Scriptural Imagination for Preaching"
2022: Marten Lecture: The Preacher as Time Traveler (Dr. John T. Fitzgerald)
2021: St. Meinrad Lecture & Workshop on Homiletics: Savoring the Mysteries: Mystagogical Preaching
2021: Marten Lecture: The Importance of Preaching in a Theological Curriculum
(Msgr. Stephen C. Bosso) (homily at Mass)
2021: Preaching Webinars: Preaching & Laudato Si'; Preaching from Archetypal Energy
2020: "Sing to the Lord with Grateful Praise: Gratitude, Preaching, and Hope"
(Dr. Susan Fleming McGurgan) (preaching at Evening Prayer)
2019: "Mystic and Mystagogue: Preaching as Spiritual Leadership"
2019: Marten Lecture: "Preaching at Mass: The Practice and Theory of One Elder Presbyter" (Fr. John Meier) (homily - Friday 5th Week of Ordinary Time, Year 1)
2018: Marten Visiting Fellow: Dr. Ann Garrido - preaching at Evening Prayer
2018: Marten Visiting Fellow: "I Want to See: Nurturing a Spirituality of Truth from the Pulpit" (Dr. Ann Garrido's lecture)
2018: Marten Lecture: "Contemplative Homiletics: Being Carried into Reality" (Deacon James Keating) (homily - Friday after Ash Wednesday)
2017: "Pre-Conciliar Preaching in the USA." (Fr. Ed Griswold) 
2017: "To Set the Earth on Fire": Effective Catholic Preaching
2017: “Come Back When You've Found Something True: Reading and Rehearsing the Script in the Scripture” (Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence)
(her sermon on Exodus 1:8-14, 22, 2:1-10, entitled "The Girls in the Reeds")
2016: Speaking the "Grief Inside our Bones": Preaching and Trauma (Dr. Deborah Organ)
2016: Meeting a Laboring Word: From Idol Chatter to Holy Preaching (Fr. Paul Janowiak)
2015: Special Lecture by Guerric DeBona, OSB, on "Recovering Our Voice: Reflections on Catholic Preaching before the Second Vatican Council."
2015: “‘What We Have Seen and Heard’: Fostering Baptismal Witness in the World” A Conference in Celebration of the 50th Anniversaries of Gaudium et Spes, Apostolicam Actuositatem and Ad Gentes
2014: "Preaching and the New Evangelization"
2013: USCCB Conference on "Preaching the Mystery of Faith"
2012: "We Preach Christ Crucified"

Other Lectures / Articles

The Funeral Homily by Deacon Frank Agnoli
(published in the May/June issue of The Deacon and posted here with permission of OSV)

"Intercultural Competency and the Sunday Homily" by Fr. Allan Figueroa Deck
      Article / YouTube Video

Preaching Resources: Boston College
     -Touchstones for Preaching: A series of lectures (videos, transcripts available for download) from Boston College School of Theology and Ministry in partnership with The Church in the 21st Century Center prepared to support priests, deacons, and lay preachers in developing their preaching skills. Includes sections on preaching in particualr settings (weddings, funerals, on justice, to children). 
     -Flesh Made Word: An on-line preaching collection in a multimedia format, this series will introduce the viewer to the art of crafting a homily through a variety of preaching approaches. Much of the material is visual, and the examples are designed to explore a wide range of preaching methods, styles and techniques.

Edward Foley, Capuchin: is a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order and is the Duns Scotus Professor Emeritus of Spirituality and Retired Professor of Liturgy and Music at Catholic Theological Union.

Article Series: Deacon Newsletter
These articles were first published in the Diocese of Davenport's Deacon Newsletter. Each article briefly goes over the particular topic and then lists a number of resources for further exploration.
#1 Preacher, Know Thyself /  #2 Your Theology of Preaching
#3 The Listener /  #4 Exegesis & Hermeneutics
#5 The Liturgical Bible / #6 Content and Form, Part 1
#7 Content and Form, Part 2 / #8 Avoiding Unintended Anti-Judaism
#9 The Postmodern Context / #10 Language
#11 Visual Preaching / Imagery / #12 Delivery
#13 Epilogue: Does Preaching Matter?

FDLC: Reflections on the Prayers of the Missal

The PDF files contain reflections on the Collect and Prayer after Communion.

Advent
     Advent Sundays
Christmas Time
     Christmas & Sundays of Christmas Time
Lent
     Ash Wednesday, Sundays of Lent (incl. Scrutinies), Chrism Mass
Triduum & Easter Time
     Paschal Triduum & Easter Time
Ordinary Time
     Sundays 1-7
     Sundays 8-14
     Sundays 15-21
     Sundays 22-28
     Sundays 29-34
Other
     Proper of Saints
     Solemnities of the Lord in Ordinary Time
    

Preaching Organizations

Catholic Association of Teachers of Homiletics

Catholic Association of Preachers (UK) 
-Videos

College of Preachers (UK)
-Resources for Occasions

The Academy of Homiletics 
>Homiletic (on-line journal)

Societas Homiletica
-International Journal of Homiletics

Institute for Homiletics (University of Dallas)

The Living Pulpit (on-line journal)

Sunday to Sunday (An online and cable TV program that identifies a series of case studies about preaching by listening to preachers in their own words and hearing samples of their efforts.)