homily

IPA: hˈɑmʌɫi

Examples of "homily" in Sentences

You can tell because the first word of his home-page homily is “suffering”.
The pope read his homily from a text while seated on an altar in center field.
Ratzinger's homily is now known as the "dictatorship of relativism" speech, and with good reason.
Thus, without leaving the comfort of one's living room, one may receive the homily from the nearest house of worship.
The entire homily is incredible, I would say among the greatest of his pontificate, I will post an English translation once it becomes available (see post above):
His homily is about "bad people," and his text is an article in Chicago Magazine by a well-meaning journalist who was roughed up by one or more teenagers last year.
"I frankly think the big thing in this homily is that he's turned 179 degrees," said the Rev. Francis Buckley, a Jesuit who recently retired as professor of theology at the University of San Francisco.
ALLEN: Sure, I mean this is a normal Catholic mass, which means we'll have readings from scripture, the Pope will then give a talk, which Catholics refer to as the homily, which is in the first place a reflection on the scripture readings but obviously, this is the Pope's one chance to speak to the people who make the church live at the grassroots.