tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post4509288997576930414..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: On being set aside. . .Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-79964852054812851642013-10-06T12:00:51.861-05:002013-10-06T12:00:51.861-05:00Meditative homily ... 1st paragraph really drew me...Meditative homily ... 1st paragraph really drew me in. I could close my eyes (wish I could read with my eyes closed!) and get right into the scene. So I chuckled a bit as you shifted gears into the second paragraph, taking me from my Saturday afternoon reverie to Jesus - and it worked perfectly! I think this works well as a meditative homily because you set it up so nicely in the first paragraph - the visual image was easily brought up, and you maintained an implicit link to that first paragraph all the way through the homily. You took a fairly common experience in our human existence (negotiating a busy area) and used it to illustrate our spiritual lives, using good examples to keep us on track throughout. I personally continued to mentally return to your description of navigating the Via del Corso as you continued the homily - so I was naturally drawn to tie the images you presented in each paragraph back to the first paragraph and therefore could more easily apply all this to my own life. So, sure, it works for me. <br /><br />Thanks for posting it ... Helps me with my "homework", too! ;-)Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-6535929354094667152013-10-06T09:11:51.622-05:002013-10-06T09:11:51.622-05:00Yep, but sometimes I come from different angles on...Yep, but sometimes I come from different angles on those impromptu homilies. The set apart notion and its implications - to me- would fit well with our 2nd reading, particularly, "So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord..., but bear your hardship for the gospel with strength that comes from God." <br />In light of all the hits we've been taking in the media lately, people need to be reminded that we are going to be tested and coerced to be 'of the world', to bend and be consumed by the world. It will be through faith and perseverance that we will opt to bend the knee and be consumed by the Word!<br />Thanks for your insights!Deacon Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307716334267839976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-76984626810801557012013-10-06T08:55:58.323-05:002013-10-06T08:55:58.323-05:00Marie, thanks for the feedback! I taught college E...Marie, thanks for the feedback! I taught college English for eight years while earning my PhD in lit. . .so I have just a little experience in breaking the rules. :-)Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-5742245836815074222013-10-06T08:54:17.961-05:002013-10-06T08:54:17.961-05:00Deacon, you're welcomed to borrow as much as y...Deacon, you're welcomed to borrow as much as you like. . .keep in mind though: this homily isn't based on this Sunday's readings (27th Sun OT).Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-54509082317757943932013-10-06T07:24:32.947-05:002013-10-06T07:24:32.947-05:00The writing curriculum my kids use would say you n...The writing curriculum my kids use would say you need to go back and talk about the correct way to walk down the street given everything you said in the middle. I've noticed that with some of your other homilies.<br />I've also noticed that your homilies tend to be better written than their sample assignments. Experts get to break the rules : ) I think it would have been jarring if you had gone back to talk about walking down the street after "we become Joy, seeing Truth Himself face-to-face"<br />I really like the way the prepositions are contrasted: in vs. to (I don't remember hearing that before), to vs. for, in vs. beyond. It's something to go back and think about over the course of the next week.<br />Marie<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-11771151982443391062013-10-06T07:22:32.458-05:002013-10-06T07:22:32.458-05:00I like it! We are set apart, not above. It's a...I like it! We are set apart, not above. It's a fine line to walk and many don't know how - or why - to do it! Some great points and I may borrow today if I am called for an impromptu homily for our sick associate pastor.<br /><br />Peace!Deacon Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307716334267839976noreply@blogger.com