Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast

What makes a great Catholic homily, and what goes into the art of delivering it well? 

“Preach” is a new weekly podcast from America Media that features a diverse cast of the finest Catholic preachers. Each week, preachers open up their hearts and minds, sharing their spiritual lives, approaches to interpreting scripture and techniques for preparing the best homilies. 

On each episode, listeners will meet Catholic preachers, learn about their communities and hear their Sunday homilies, delivered with a podcast audience in mind. In the second part of the show, preachers will unpack the making of their homily with the show’s host, Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to offer a privileged peek into their lives as ministers of God’s Word, to enable all preachers to keep preaching the Good News.

Read the homilies featured on the podcast and get daily Scripture reflections from America Media by becoming a subscriber: www.americamagazine.org/subscribe

“Preach” is made possible through a generous grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc, as a contribution to its Compelling Preaching Initiative, funding the development of preachers across the United States.

Religion & Spirituality
Christianity
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A Preacher’s Guide to Holy Week: These are long...
Kim Harris and John Baldovin, S.J., on preaching in Holy Week
42 min
27
Father Rob Galea’s preaching strategies for rea...
Rob Galea preaches for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B (Laetare Sunday)
32 min
28
How a deacon’s past as a taxi driver fuels his ...
Steve Kramer preaches for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year A (First Scrutiny)
42 min
29
Meet a woman who teaches priests to preach
Karla Bellinger preaches for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year B
34 min
30
Try something new this Lent: Map out your homil...
Russell Pollitt, S.J., preaches for the First Sunday of Lent, Year B
41 min
31
The Vatican’s chief liturgist on why preachers ...
44 min
32
An update from the Preach team
36 min
33
The star first leads the wise men to Jerusalem—...
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
32 min
34
A Syriac Catholic priest and father in Bethlehe...
Feast of the Holy Family
33 min
35
Keeping Christmas joy alive in our preaching—ev...
33 min
36
Preaching about joy starts with paying attentio...
29 min
37
Preaching in Native American communities respon...
Second Sunday of Advent, Year B
34 min
38
A preacher's guide to Advent
First Sunday of Advent, Year B
46 min
39
A reminder for preachers: ‘Words can hurt; word...
30 min
40
At funerals, preach for the living, not the dead
Bruce Botha, S.J., for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
25 min
41
Preachers: The elders also need homilies that s...
35 min
42
The power of vulnerability when preaching in a ...
34 min
43
Pope Francis calls Catholics to support the glo...
Anthony Andreassi, C.O., for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
30 min
44
Center the experiences of marginalized people w...
James Martin, S.J., for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
29 min
45
How synodal listening transformed this preacher...
Brett Williams for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
29 min
46
The art of a short homily
Iván Montelongo for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
26 min
47
Preaching lessons from Servant of God Sister Th...
Manuel Williams, C.R., for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
32 min
48
Preaching is more than the homily
Patricia Bruno, O.P., for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
31 min
49
The three stories every homily should tell
Jude Siciliano, O.P, for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
25 min
50
Preaching to the hearts of college students
Brian Ching, C.S.C. for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
32 min