Contents
Foreword by Timothy Gallagher, OMV
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Preach?
Part I: Foundations of Preaching
1. Homiletics: The Challenge and the Opportunity
2. Homiletics and Public Speaking
3. A Theology of Preaching
4. An Incarnational Approach
5. Advice from the Pews
6. The Preparation
7. The Delivery
8. A Brilliant Example: St. Augustine
9. Preaching as Locus Theologicus
Part II: A Homiletics Reader
Introduction
10. St. Gregory Nazianzen, Oration 38—On the Theophany, or Birthday of Christ
11. St. Ambrose of Milan, On the Death of his Brother Satyrus
12. St. John Chrysostom, On Eutropius, the Eunuch, Patrician and Consul
13. St. Leo the Great, Sermon 74—On the Lord’s Ascension
14. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermon on the Song of Songs 61, 3-5
15. St. Thomas Aquinas, Celum et Terra Transibunt—Sermon on the First Sunday of Advent
16. St. Charles Borromeo, Sermon to Priests on His Last Synod
17. Jean-Bénigne Bossuet, Sermon on Death
18. St. John Henry Newman, The Mental Sufferings of our Lord in His Passion
19. Ronald Knox, Homily on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
20. St. Paul VI, Homily at the Mass at the “Quezon Circle” in Manila
21. St. John Paul II, Inaugural Homily of His Pontificate
22. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger–Benedict XVI, Homily on the Mass “Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice”
23. Pope Francis, Homily at the “Missa Pro Ecclesia”with the Cardinal Electors
Bibliography
Index