Pope Francis says that homilies should not last more than 8 or 10 minutes
The dad has asked this Saturday that homilies are improved which, according to him, are often a “mess” and he has specified that they should not last more than 8-10 minutes.
“It is prepared in prayer, it is prepared with an apostolic spirit. Please, the homilies, which are a disaster in general”, the Pontiff assured when receiving at the Vatican to the participants in the course for diocesan leaders of liturgical celebrations.
In his address to the participants in the course Living the liturgical action to the full, of the San Anselmo Pontifical Institute, aimed at those diocesans responsible for liturgical celebrations, Francis also echoed the working document of the Synod on Synodality, which will celebrate his final appointment in the Vatican in 2024, according to which “the quality of the homilies is almost unanimously considered a problem.”
It should be noted, as reported in The Truth News, Pope Francis goes to the Portal de Bethlehem in a wheelchair. This traditional event was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The liturgy “is the primary art of the Church: Pope Francis
Pope Francis, with the NGO from Vigo that has helped 25,000 children in Peru
For the pontiff, the liturgy “is the primary art of the Church, that which constitutes and characterizes it.” For this reason, he has urged to take care of the celebrations with “preparation and commitment”, in addition to “deep knowledge and a deep pastoral sense”. The Pope has emphasized in this way that the Church, in his opinion “does not quite understand”: “The homily is not a conference, it is a sacramental”.
Thus, he has urged to help the “communities to live the liturgy” and to “let oneself be shaped by it.” The Pope also received this Saturday the community of the Pontifical Urban College of Propaganda Fidei on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of its foundation.
This institution, which is 400 years old, was founded by Urban VIII for the training of clergy destined for mission territories.
“It was an important intuition, which today retains its validity,” said Francis, who called on the new priests to welcome and “creatively” interpret reality by allowing themselves to be “challenged by the multiple needs and questions of the present time.”
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For the pontiff, the liturgy “is the primary art of the Church, that which constitutes and characterizes it.
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