Now, you may have a great sermoniser, but, I doubt he could stack-up against Fr. Julian Harris of Boynton Beach, Fl, St. Thomas More Parish.
He is a convert from So. Baptism and he knows the Bible like few I have ever met.
While a Lector, Lectrix do the first two readings, and the Deacon the Gospel, Fr. just sits there listening attentively.
And when it is time for the sermon, he walks slowly to the pulpit and begins. I can not tell you how amasing he is. There are MANY of our seperated brethren who come just to listen to him. He has been the proximate cause of conversions too numerous to list.
His sermons run to about 20 mins. I have heard them for years (we are quite good friends) and I have never heard him use one "ah" or "um." He NEVER uses a word incorrectly or confuses subject-verb or mispalces modifiers etc etc. His speech is flawless. Often, during the same sermon, I will be moved to both tears and laughter. He has opened my eys and heart countless times and I have learned so much about the Bible due to him.
And now for the strange part. He has NEVER prepared a sermon. Never. Ever. Never has. Never will.
"FR. how long do you work on your Sermons?"
"What?"
"I mean, how many hours do you prepare and do you just use notes or do you write it all out."
"Brother, I am a preacher. When you hear me, you aren't hearing me. You are hearing the Holy Ghost speaking through Julian. I never know what I am going to say."
We have talked about this several times but it stii blows me away when I hear him.
Luckily, every one of his sermons is now being taped and they are sold.
He is incomparable.
FWIW, our Parish is HUGE. Among our converts are about a dozen Jews and a former Muslim family of nine.
Let a thousand great preachers bloom!