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.

On the other hand, they may not preside over Adoration or Benediction, give a speech that is a homily, or read the Gospel during a Mass or serve as instituted acolytes, a ministry which is now reserved for those preparing for ordained service ).

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.

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

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.

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 ).

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

This is followed by a sermon or homily ; the recitation of the Apostles ' or Nicene Creeds ;

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.

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 .").

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 Christianity, a sermon ( also known as a homily within some churches ) is often delivered in a place of worship, most of which have a pulpit or ambo, an elevated architectural feature.

A homily is a commentary that follows a reading of scripture.

In Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox Churches, a homily is usually given during Mass ( Divine Liturgy for Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, and Divine Service for the Lutheran Church ) at the end of the Liturgy of the Word.

The word homily is derived from the Greek word homilia ( from homilein ), which means to have communion or hold verbal intercourse with a person.

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.

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

In his August 15, 2004, homily given at Lourdes, Pope John Paul II quoted John 14: 3 as one of the scriptural bases for understanding the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

The funeral homily was given by his good friend and executive aide, then-Catholic Extension Society President Reverend Monsignor Kenneth Velo.

The Sermo Lupi ad Anglos (' The Sermon of the Wolf to the English ') is the title given to a homily composed in England between 1010-1016 by Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York ( died 1023 ), who commonly styled himself Lupus, or ' wolf ' after the first element in his name = ' wolf-stone '.

After hearing his first homily as bishop, Empress Galla Placidia is said to have given him the surname Chrysologus, by which he is known.

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

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 ".

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.

In his homily on the mountain, Neary talked of the effects the recession had on family life.

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.

In his Christmas homily that year, he asserted that there was no opposition between a democratic form of government and being a good Catholic: " Christian virtue makes men good democrats ....

From these two poems, and from the 2nd homily on Fasting ( Bickell 14 = Bedjan 17 ) we gain a vivid picture of the miseries borne by the inhabitants of that frontier region during the wars between Persia and the Romano-Greek empire.