The third Nocturn consists of a homily on the Gospel which is read at that day's Mass.

In his 2006 homily for Corpus Christi, Pope Benedict XVI noted the similarity between the Christian story of the resurrection and pagan myths of dead and resurrected gods: " In these myths, the soul of the human person, in a certain way, reached out toward that God made man, who, humiliated unto death on a cross, in this way opened the door of life to all of us.

Pope Gregory the Great's homily on Luke's gospel dated 14 September 591 first suggested that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute: " She whom Luke calls the sinful woman, whom John calls Mary, we believe to be the Mary from whom seven devils were ejected according to Mark.

One or other of these two creeds is recited in the Roman Rite Mass directly after the homily on all Sundays and Solemnities ( Tridentine Feasts of the First Class ).

At least on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, a homily, a sermon that draws upon some aspect of the readings or the liturgy of the day, is then given.

In addition to his numerous letters to various notables and foreign rulers ( including Simeon of Bulgaria ), Nicholas Mystikos wrote a homily on the sack of Thessalonica by the Arabs in 904.

Fulgentius of Ruspe ( 6th century ) gives a homily De Epiphania, deque Innocentum nece et muneribus magorum (" On Epiphany, and on the murder of the Innocents and the gifts of the Magi ").

Stowe sometimes changed the story's voice so she could give a " homily " on the destructive nature of slavery ( such as when a white woman on the steamboat carrying Tom further south states, " The most dreadful part of slavery, to my mind, is its outrages of feelings and affections — the separating of families, for example .").

It also states that a bishop usually holds the crosier during a procession and when listening to the reading of the Gospel, giving a homily, accepting vows, solemn promises or a profession of faith, and when blessing people, unless he must lay his hands on them.

The Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine, compiled about 1260 and one of the most-read books of the High Middle Ages, gives sufficient details of the saints for each day of the liturgical year to inspire a homily on each occasion.

Such sermons include John Wesley's 53 Standard Sermons, John Chrysostom's Homily on the Resurrection ( preached every Easter in Orthodox churches ) and Gregory Nazianzus ' homily " On the Theophany, or Birthday of Christ " ( preached every Christmas in Orthodox churches ).

Since Origen's time homily has meant, and still means, a commentary, without formal introduction, division, or conclusion, on some part of Sacred Scripture, the aim being to explain the literal, and evolve the spiritual, meaning of the Sacred Text.

Aurelio replies with a homily on the virtues of hard work.

* Full text of the homily by Pope Paul VI on the occasion of the canonization of St. Seton

John Chrysostom's homily upon Saint Babylas and the Acts of the Martyrs report the following story, that Babylas once refused the visiting pagan emperor, on account of his sinful ways, permission to enter the church and had ordered him to take his place among the penitents.

* Text of St John Chrysostom's homily on Saint Babylas.

Of these barely one-half has come down to us, and a few only have heen published, e. g. on Simeon Stylites, on virginity, fornication, etc., two on the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the chariot of Ezechiel He wrote the first homily ( on Ezechiel's chariot ) when only twenty-two years of age.

Several writings of Eligius have survived: a sermon in which he combats the pagan practices of his time, a homily on the Last Judgment, and a letter written in 645, in which he begs for the prayers of Bishop Desiderius of Cahors.

In this homily, Autpert's death date is given as 784 ( older scholarship had given a date between 778 and 779 ).

In the homily by Timothy, Abbaton was first named Muriel, and had been given the task by God of collecting the earth which would be used in the creation of Adam.

It is possible that the Church from which Clement sent his epistle had included a festal homily to share in one economical post, thus the homily became known as the Second Epistle of Clement.

In a passage of his inauguration homily, quoted above, Pope John Paul II remarked that both his immediate predecessor and he himself had wished neither a coronation nor a tiara, and added: " This is not the time to return to a ceremony and an object considered, wrongly, to be a symbol of the temporal power of the Popes.

In the second day, Pope Benedict's homily had pronounced in front of more than 500, 000 pilgrims a reference to the Fátima prophecy about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and related it to the final " glory of the Most Holy Trinity ".

At that service, recalled the Reverend Robert W. Prichard, who delivered the homily, " He said he envied those people who had a faith that came without any sorrow, faith that came without wavering.

The canon of Wulfstan's homiletic works is somewhat ambiguous, as it is often difficult to tell if a homily in his style was actually written by Wulfstan, or is merely the work of someone who had appreciated Wulfstanian style and imitated it.

The Archbishop of Milan, cardinal Schuster, who had supported Amici Israel, condemned racism as heresy and an international danger (...) not lesser than bolshevism in his 13 November 1938 homily at Milan Cathedral.

Some construed the ending of the homily to mean that the pope had already entered into heaven, and had become a saint.

In his homily, Cardinal Sodano said he had visited the ailing Patriarch a few days before he died of complications from a cerebrovascular accident ( CVA, or stroke ).

However in his homily at his October 1978 Papal Inauguration, Pope John Paul II dismissed that claim and asserted that the papacy had long had no wish to possess any temporal jusdiction outside the Vatican.

“ I was on pilgrimage to Lourdes yesterday with 800 people from this diocese and not one said they had no confidence in me, they said they wanted me to stay and continue this work .” Cardinal Brady told mass-goers at his St Patrick ’ s Day homily in March that he would take a period of time to reflect on his future in the church.

The conclusion of his homily mentioned the martyrdom of Father Andrea Santoro in Trabzon which had taken place nine months prior to this visit.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.

After kissing the text of the Book of the Gospels, Cardinal Ratzinger stood before the congregants to offer the homily which included references to the life and service of Pope John Paul.

Cardinal Ratzinger became emotional at certain parts of his homily, especially in reflection of the inability of Pope John Paul to speak in the last days of his life.

On January 3, Noriega attended Holy Mass in the Nuncio's chapel and took communion ; where Laboa's homily was about the thief on the cross who in one moment asked God to change his life, and reportedly brought tears to Noriega's eyes.

In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI gave a homily about him in Saint Peter's square.

Abaddon is given particularly important roles in two sources, a homily entitled The Enthronment of Abbaton by Timothy of Alexandria, and the Apocalypse of Bartholomew.

His writings include the homily given in Ephesus and several other sermons.

Perhaps the earliest extant primary source referencing Easter is a mid-2nd century Paschal homily attributed to Melito of Sardis, which characterizes the celebration as a well-established one.

It comprises two main divisions: the first is the Liturgy of the Catechumens which consists of introductory litanies, antiphons and scripture readings, culminating in a reading from one of the Gospels and, often, a homily ; the second is the Liturgy of the Faithful in which the Eucharist is offered, consecrated, and received as Holy Communion.

A homily concerning the observance of Sunday is attributed by Zahn to Eusebius of Emesa.

Saint Proclus, Patriarch of Constantinople ( 434-446 ), hoping to bring about the reconciliation of these Johannites, preached a homily praising his predecessor in the Church of Hagia Sophia.

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In a homily preached at Chur and preserved in an 8th-or 9th-century manuscript, St. Timothy is represented as an apostle of Gaul, whence he came to Britain and baptized there a king named Lucius, who became a missionary, went to Gaul, and finally settled at Chur, where he preached the gospel with great success.

A second epistle, 2 Clement, was attributed to Clement although recent scholarship suggests it to be a homily by another author.

The Second Epistle of Clement is a homily, or sermon, likely written in Corinth or Rome, but not by Clement.

The homily describes Christian character and repentance.

Followed by the Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, collect, the readings with an alleluia ( alleluia is not said during Lent ), homily ( or sermon ) and recitation of the Nicene Creed.

Then the priest may deliver a homily and everyone comes forward to venerate the epitaphios.

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