Category: Tips
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One-minute weekday homilies
People who come to daily Mass are special, different from the congregation who attend Sunday Mass, and of course much different from those who don’t come at all. I’d like to suggest that homilies for daily Mass can be very short, maybe just a minute long (120-130 words) and they can be edifying if they…
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Writing isn’t speaking
Academic writing is a way of recording complex abstract ideas in a minimum of words. When we are reading these carefully chosen words, we can slow down our pace so that we can absorb them. Here is one example taken randomly from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 866. The Church is one: she…
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Audibility
Some tips to help your audience hear your words so they can understand them.
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Claim. Explanation. Illustration.
Keys to clear and coherent homily content.
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Keys to good vocal delivery: overview
The basics of good vocal delivery of any homily.