Several years ago we attended mass at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Montreal. The mass was in French. I could follow along except for the homily.
When we walked out afterwards, I commented to my wife — that was no different than home. I couldn’t understand a thing he said— especially the homily
Recently in Florida, we attended a mass and the priest was an “edge of your seat” speaker in for a retreat at the parish . He commented while a seminarian, they were given the option to supplement their studies by voluntarily taking some public speaking training —from all places —a Baptist seminary.
In my opinion, the lack of decent homilies due to the lack of public speaking skills is a problem. We don’t go to mass to be entertained, but it would be nice if we could hear a decent homily more than once in awhile
I totally agree. Most homilies today are insipid. They don’t want to hurt our feelings.
I personally love the old fire and brimstone homilies from my childhood... and still remember many of the moments those words electrified me.