Online Preaching Resources
Gathered by the following members of the Advanced Preaching class (fall term 2002)
and compiled by Associate Professor of Homiletics Gregory Heille, O.P.
Scott Daniels, O.P.
Marcelo de Jesumaría, C.R.
Linda Flynn (ELCA)
Stephen M. Gira, C.R.
Jose K. Jacob, S.M.M.
Charles Johnson, O.P.
Deacon Allen Love
Roberto Merced, O.P.
Linda Noe, O.P.
John Dominic Sims, O.P.
Categories:
- Bible
- Catholic Lectionary—General
- Catholic Lectionary—Justice
- Catholic Lectionary—Spanish and English/Spanish
- Ecumenical and Revised Common Lectionary—English and Spanish
- Organizations
BIBLE
Bible Gateway
www.biblegateway.com
The site offers an extensive biblical passage and word search engine of all major English language translations, as well as full search capability in twenty-seven other languages.
Biblical Studies on the Web
This page originates in Rome and is intended to provide the academic world with a research instrument in the areas of biblical and exegetical studies. Various scholars provide exegesis of many Hebrew and Christian scripture passages. The site also includes historical and archeological information, as well as articles on biblical theology, biblical themes, and character studies.
Blue Letter Bible
This site provides online, printable Hebrew and Greek scripture texts, as well as Vulgate Latin and numerous English language scripture translations.
Electronic New Testament Educational Resources
http://clawww.lmu.edu/faculty/fjust/bible.htm
Professor Felix Just, S.J., of Loyola Marymount University provides an outline and analysis of New Testament and related themes, with some cross-references and New Testament/Old Testament parallels. The site includes biblical word and subject search and links to other online scripture resources.
New American Bible and Catholic Lectionary
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm
The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops homepage offers the full text of the New American Bible, as well as the Roman Catholic lectionary texts for weekdays and Sundays.
CATHOLIC LECTIONARY—GENERAL
America Magazine: Follow the link: The Word
www.americamagazine.org/
See the link entitled: the word
Sunday lectionary commentary is given by John R. Donahue, S.J., as it also
appears weekly in America magazine.
www.agreeley.com/homilies.html
Each Sunday includes background and a story. The archive goes back to
1995. The stories provided may be useful.
Athenaeum of Ohio: Pastoral Preaching Website
www.mtsm.org/defaultpreach.htm
This site follows the lectionary cycle of the Roman Catholic Church and offers an early posting of weekly background scripture study and a sample homily, a variety of preachers—lay, ordained, and professed religious—representing numerous settings ranging from rural churches to suburban parishes, and a monthly feature article on a practical topic related to preaching.
Blauvelt Dominican Sisters
www.opblauvelt.org/scripture.html
This site has brief reflections on the Sunday scriptures prepared by the Blauvelt (New York) Dominican Sisters.
Catholic Exchange
This site provides weekday and Sunday homilies and Scripture readings for each day, in addition to general news, events, and Catholic links.
Catholic Homilies
Sunday and weekday homilies are included from a variety of Catholic preachers. The page also includes links to homiletic resources and other reflection and exegesis sites, as well as illustrations and stories that can be used in preaching. This page is part of the internet ministry of Fr. Nicholas J. O'Brien, Leesburg FL.
Catholic Lectionary Homilies and Ideas
http://members.aol.com/homilies/yearaord.html
Reflections on Sunday readings and homily ideas are posted in advance. This site is prepared by Fr. Jim Mazzone of Worcester MA and is indexed by liturgical year, Scriptural citation, themes, and holy days and feasts.
Center for Liturgy at St. Louis University
This resource is a comprehensive site designed for use by all members of the assembly in preparation for the Sunday liturgy. Site includes prayers in preparation for scripture reflection, reflections on the spirituality of the Sunday Mass, commentary on the readings including historical/cultural context and thoughts from early church writers, musical ideas, and additional annotated links.
Creighton University Daily Reflection
www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html
These reflections on the daily and Sunday readings are sponsored by the Collaborative Ministry Office of Creighton University and prepared by members of the university faculty and staff, lay and ordained.
Deacon Sil's Homiletic Resource Center and Homiletic Resources Website
This page is designed by a Roman Catholic deacon with the hope that it could be a one-stop resource page for preachers of the Word of all denominations. Resources are listed according to the various texts of the day for either the Revised Common (RCL), Roman Catholic (RC) or Episcopal (EL) lectionaries. After a free thirty day trial period, there is a $40 annual membership fee.
Doing as Jesus Commands
www.ake.quik.co.nz/termon
This New Zealand site offers short background information on the three readings of the Sunday Liturgy. It has a reflection section at the end. Sections address comments, ideas, prayers, analysis, imagery, liturgy resources, justice issues, society and culture, economics, and the world.
Homilies
www.frtommylane.com/homilies.htm
Fr. Tommy Lane of the Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland, offers homilies for the current liturgical year and other years in the liturgical cycle. It also offers homilies for feast days, Holy Week, Triduum, and thematic homilies.
Lector Preparation/Lector Notes Homepage
These notes try to serve the Church by helping lectors prepare to proclaim the Scriptures in our Sunday assemblies.
New American Bible and Catholic Lectionary
The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops homepage offers the full text of the New American Bible, as well as the Roman Catholic lectionary texts for weekdays and Sundays.
One Bread, One Body
www.presentationministries.com/obob/obob.asp
Brief reflections on the daily readings are given by Presentation Ministries, a lay organization in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Passionist Research Center
This site provides a brief meditation on the Sunday lectionary.
Preachers' Exchange
www.opsouth.org/opsite/preach/preachex/Index.htm
www.op.org/exchange/default.htm
This site, also available by free email subscription, provides diverse spiritual reflections, insights, quotations, etc., for preaching from a Catholic perspective with a social justice and ecumenical focus.
“First Impressions: Sunday Scripture Reflections” by Jude Siciliano, O.P., the Promoter of Preachers of the Dominican Southern Province, provides thoughts and impressions on upcoming Sunday lectionary readings.
“Homilias Dominicales” provides Spanish-language reflections on Sunday lectionary readings by Dominican friars of the Southern Dominican Province (not a translation of “First Impressions”).
“First Impressions: Volume Two” offers contributions and reflections made by subscribers to Preachers’ Exchange—ordained, religious, and lay—providing a diverse source of insights and some exegetical information.
“Preachers’ Exchange Articles” offers a listing of articles an the Sunday readings.
http://torch.op.org/preaching
A homily for the upcoming Sunday is posted in advance. Archives date back to
1999 and are indexed by date and liturgical cycle. This site is put together by
the English Dominican Province.
Preaching the Lectionary: the McGregor Page
www.webspawner.com/users/mcgregorpage
This site, also available by email service, is dedicated to homilies for young adults and children. The homilies are short, fun, and well done. The adult page is insightful. The children’s page is direct and applicable.
Proclaiming the Word
www.monksonline.org/homilies.htm
This is the web site of the Cistercian Monks of Our Lady of Spring Bank, Sparta WI, offering an extensive archive of homilies dating back to 1999. It also offers a direct link to the Lectionary.
Reflecting on Sunday’s Readings
http://emmausjourney.org/resource/reflect.shtml
Intended for small group discussions, each reflection on the Sunday readings provides an introductory reflection on some aspect of the readings or on personal spirituality. The page is hosted by Emmaus Journey, a Catholic small group bible discussion series.
Sanchez Archives
“This is an online archive of commentaries on the Roman Lectionary, composed by Patricia Datchuck Sanchez and previously published in the homiletic section of Celebration. These commentaries provide a scholarly but very accessible exegesis of the scriptures assigned to all Sundays and most major feasts for Years A, B, and C. The archive can be searched by year, season, or specific Sunday.”
www.benedictine.org.au/sgc/index.html
For each Sunday there is a suggested theme.
Alberic Jacovone, O.S.B., of St. Benedict’s Monastery, New South Wales,
presents some exegetical notes and draws a lesson for today.
Sunday’s Gospel Reflections
www.donghanh.org/~suyniem/reflection/
This site has some unique features. It gives the full text of the Gospel and has a section called interesting details that can be useful in preaching. Another section proposes questions for reflection. Reflections on daily readings are available by subscription.
Vision 2000: Praying Scripture in a Contemporary Way
www.homilies.com/daily_gospel_reflections_index.htm
Daily reflections are given by Mark Link, S.J.
CATHOLIC LECTIONARY—JUSTICE
Center for Public Theology
www.cyberword.com/preach/index.asp
The Center for Public Theology, Gig Harbor, WA, provides weekly preaching preparation ideas.
Center for Concern: Sunday Reflections
www.coc.org/focus/ej/reflections.html
Edited by Fr. John Bucki, S.J., the site relates Sunday texts to Catholic Social Teaching.
Office for Social Justice, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
This page offers complete texts in English and Spanish of major documents of Catholic Social Teaching, papal encyclicals, and pastoral letters of the U.S. Bishops.
Peace Connections
Thomas L. Garlitz, the Director of the Peace and Social Justice Ministry of the Diocese of Joliet IL, gives weekly reflections correlating the Sunday readings to issues of peace and justice.
Peace Pulpit
http://nationalcatholicreporter.org/peace
This weekly service of the National Catholic Reporter gives weekly Sunday homilies of Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton at St. Leo’s Church in Detroit MI and is also available as an email service.
Salt of the Earth
http://salt.claretianpubs.org/sjnews/index.html
http://salt.claretianpubs.org/links/links.html
This is a monthly online magazine for social justice by Claretian Publications, which includes a legislative update page spotlighting public policy and legislative issues related to social justice on state and national levels.
CATHOLIC LECTIONARY—SPANISH AND ENGLISH/SPANISH
Catholic Homilies/Homilias Catolicas
This site is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. The site also provides a table for the complete current liturgical year and many useful links.
Cyberfaith
www.cyberfaith.com/index_sp.htm
This Sadlier Publishing Company site gives English and Spanish reflections especially for youth through its Proclaiming the Faith link. This site could be especially useful to the preacher involved in parochial youth ministry which may include a Sunday Youth Mass.
Homilias Dominicales
www.opsouth.org/opsite/preach/preachex/Index.htm
www.op.org/exchange/default.htm
This service of “Preachers’ Exchange” provides Spanish-language reflections on Sunday lectionary readings by Dominican friars of the Southern Dominican Province.
Homilies Alive
Homilies Alive offers two homilies in English and one in Spanish for the next four Sundays. This site also provides Spanish homilies for special occasions, such as funerals and weddings. The archive of this site goes back to the year 2000, with contributions from several priests and permanent deacons.
This site, which gives homilies in English and Spanish, is based on liberation theology and proposes “liberation preaching” as an expression of the prophetic nature of ministry.
Predicacion
www.dominicos.org/predicar/predicacion/default.htm
This is a Spanish language site of the Dominican friars in Spain provides excellent resources for the writer of homilies in Spanish. Some of the resources in the page are La Palabra, dia a dia (The daily Word), commentaries on the sacred scriptures, homilies, links to other web sites, preaching resources for children’s homilies, and prayers.
Servicio Bíblico Latinomericano
Emphasis is placed on community action and social justice in the context of Latin America. In addition to exegesis on the Gospel, this Brazilian site suggests points for reflection at the personal level as well as community level. It also gives suggestions for the prayers of the faithful. The site is given in English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
ECUMENICAL AND REVISED COMMON LECTIONARY—ENGLISH AND SPANISH
El Instituto Cristiano de Recursos/Christian Resource Institute
www.cresourcei.org/Spanish/bible_S.html
www.cresourcei.org/sunbib.html
This is a Spanish/English resource page providing resources for preachers and homiletics students that intend to preach the Revised Common Lectionary in Spanish. The site contains links such as Frequently Asked Questions about Scripture, Biblical Theology, and Scripture in the Church, History and Culture, the Context of Scripture, Sunday and Daily Gospel readings, and many other valuable resources.
Comments: Commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary
www.montreal.anglican.org/comment
This well-designed site by the Anglican Diocese of Montreal offers weekly readings from the Bible along with brief explanatory comments and background materials on the biblical books.
Crossings
Revised Common Lectionary texts are studied from a Lutheran point of view.
Desperate Preacher
This subscription site posts lectionary resources four weeks in advance.
Exchange for Worship and Sermon Ideas
www.vsg.cape.com/~dougshow/second-site/index.html
This a page for exchanging and sharing ideas, experiences, and readings on sermons, preaching, and worship with other preachers. This is a website of Rev. Dr. Douglas K. Showalter of the United Church of Christ.
Homiletics Online
This is a subscription online service of Homiletics magazine
Keeping the Faith in Babylon: A pastoral resource for Christians in Exile
The metaphor underlying this Revised Common Lectionary resource is exile, the biblical experience of faithful people who have been displaced. Recent scholarship, relevant stories, and illustrations from contemporary literature and film are used.
Kid’s Sermons
www.kiskipby.org/children/childser.htm
This is a preaching site for children provided by the Presbytery of Kiskiminetas of rural Western Pennsylvania.
Leccionario Español/Lectionary.org
www.lectionary.org/espanol.htm
This is an exciting web page for the Spanish speaking homily writer. It provides a great variety of insights, fresh ideas, and different exegetical works on the Sunday readings. The site is based on the Revised Common Lectionary.
Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons
www.lectionarystudies.com
This site gives access to Lectionary Bible studies and Lectionary sermons on readings set by the Revised Common Lectionary, along with studies on theology, liturgy and the Anglican church. A section on Greek gives background to the original words in the text as they are translated and defined. Discussion questions are also provided.
Lectionary Resources
http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/lectionaryindex.html
This site of Professor Bill Loader of the Uniting Church of Australia offers first thoughts on different passages from the Gospels in the Lectionary. These are not exegetical commentaries, although they include exegetical observations.
Living Web Lectionary Project
This gathering of online lectionary materials includes lectionaries themselves (Revised Common, Catholic, Episcopal, Orthodox, Coptic, Armenian, East Syrian, and others), commentaries, discussion groups, and other resources related to understanding or preaching the lectionary.
Mennolink: Preaching and Teaching Resources
http://pastors.mennolink.org/preaching.html
This Mennonite preaching page includes Bibles and translations commentaries, and other helps.
Online Lectionary Preaching Tools
http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/com-lect.html
This is an extensive list of preaching links, some available by subscription only.
Online Pulpit
http://www.ivpress.com/churchlink/onlinepulpit/
Craig Loscalzo, homiletics professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville and author of several books, began this site in 1995 to provide examples of the insights of working pastors and ministers of the Word, with a goal of fostering diversity in the practice of preaching, teaching, and homily writing.
Pastor’s Pointers
This is a page of sermon, worship, and bible links of the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in Minnesota.
Preaching and Pastoring Links
www.cal-pac.org/main/preachin.htm
Web links are provided to preaching resources, including a
number of subscription services. This
is a page of the California-Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church.
S.A.M.U.E.L.
This site of the United Church of Christ is a comprehensive resource site for worship, Bible study, and sermon preparation.
Sermon Central
This site boasts 45,000 free sermons, accessible by category, scripture, key word, topic, audience age, contributor, and denomination.
Sermon Connection
This is a subscription service of Cokesbury for $5 per month with a free fifteen day trial period.
Sermon Writer: Sermon Resources for Lectionary Preaching
www.sermonwriter.com/index.html
This site gives exegesis, sermons, true stories, thought provokers, and hymns. This is a subscription site which may be explored by guests.
Sermons and Sermon-Lectionary Resources by Rev. Richard J. Fairchild
www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermon.html
This extensive collection by Rev. Richard Fairchild (United Church of Canada) includes year A,B,C, Easter. Christmas, Seasonal, Special occasions, etc., and is based on the Revised Common Lectionary. The site also includes children’s stories, hymns, journals, and more.
The Text This Week
This is an ecumenical Revised Common Lectionary site which includes links and general resources for each Sunday, including stories, movie connections, artwork, and reflections and questions to enhance prayer and study.
ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Catholic Association of Teachers of Homiletics (CATH)
This homepage has a page of links to preaching resources.
Catholic Coalition on Preaching (CCOP)
This homepage contains information pertaining to the organization but not actual preaching resources. Aquinas Institute of Theology is a member of the Coalition.
Catholic News Service
Though not a preaching resource, this service carries news pertaining to the Church and world at large and links to Catholic resources.
College of Preachers
This is the homepage of the College of Preachers, an Episcopalian institution for continuing formation in preaching, based at the Washington National Cathedral.
Dominican Central Province
www.op.org/DomCentral/default.htm
This is a major Dominican gateway which includes many preaching resources and links.
Dominican Teens Home Page
www.op.org/opteens/default.htm
This page carries information about the annual Dominican High School Preaching Conference.
Homiletic and Pastoral Review
www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Homiletic/index2.html
This online version of the Jesuit periodical offers many online articles going back to 1996 and is a resource for liberation, feminist, narrative, or social scientific hermeneutics.
Homiletics: A Guide to Resources in Mount Angel Abbey Library
www.mtangel.edu/library/main/homiletics.htm
This web page is an excellent resource for the homily writing enthusiast, which provides helpful resources for the student of homiletics or for the seasoned priest, minister, or homiletics professor.
John Paul II
www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/index.htm
The pope’s homilies are posted at the Vatican homepage.
Lectionary Homiletics
This is the homepage of Lectionary Homiletics magazine.
Living Pulpit
This online quarterly journal focuses on an important issues in preaching thematically. Some of the special topics listed on main page are: Hope, Faith, Love, Evil, Justice, Prayer, Anger, Jesus, Forgiving, Conflict, Community, Grace, Suffering, Life, Christmas, and Holy Spirit.
National Institute for the Word of God
The National Institute for the Word of God, founded by Eastern Province Dominican John Burke, O.P., conducts programs in preaching, liturgy, catechetics, Bible sharing, lector training, parish renewal, and research.
Partners in Preaching
http://partnersinpreaching.org
Partners in Preaching is a national ministry of consultation, training, and formation for the Church's ministry of liturgical preaching. The vision of Partners in Preaching is that every local faith community would have competent, diverse, and empowered ordained and lay voices for ritual preaching.
Preaching the Just Word
www.georgetown.edu/centers/woodstock/pjw.htm
Preaching the Just Word is a national program sponsored by the Woodstock Theological Center to assist priests and other ministers of the gospel to be more effective in preaching social justice. Conceived by Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., the project is coordinated by both Father Burghardt and Fr. Raymond B. Kemp.
Wabash Center Internet Guide: Preaching
www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/preach.htm
This ecumenical compilation of links is divided into the following categories: syllabi and teaching resources, electronic texts, electronic journals, web sites, bibliographies, and listserv discussion groups.