Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast

What makes a great Catholic homily, and what goes into the art of delivering it well? Preach is a weekly podcast from America Media hosted by Ricardo da Silva, S.J., a Jesuit priest from South Africa, associate editor at America and associate pastor at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in New York City. Each episode features a preacher’s homily for the upcoming Sunday or Solemnity—specially recorded for a podcast audience—followed by a conversation between the preacher and the host. Together, they explore how the preacher the Sunday Scriptures, and the inspiration and resources they draw on to make them some of the finest and most inspired preachers today.

Read featured homilies and get daily Scripture reflections at: americamagazine.org/subscribe

Preach is made possible by a generous grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., as part of its Compelling Preaching Initiative.

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
52
Father Rob Galea’s preaching strategies for rea...
Rob Galea preaches for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B (Laetare Sunday)
32 min
53
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
54
Meet a woman who teaches priests to preach
Karla Bellinger preaches for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year B
34 min
55
Try something new this Lent: Map out your homil...
Russell Pollitt, S.J., preaches for the First Sunday of Lent, Year B
41 min
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The Vatican’s chief liturgist on why preachers ...
44 min
57
An update from the Preach team
36 min
58
The star first leads the wise men to Jerusalem—...
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
32 min
59
A Syriac Catholic priest and father in Bethlehe...
Feast of the Holy Family
33 min
60
Keeping Christmas joy alive in our preaching—ev...
33 min
61
Preaching about joy starts with paying attentio...
29 min
62
Preaching in Native American communities respon...
Second Sunday of Advent, Year B
34 min
63
A preacher's guide to Advent
First Sunday of Advent, Year B
46 min
64
A reminder for preachers: ‘Words can hurt; word...
30 min
65
At funerals, preach for the living, not the dead
Bruce Botha, S.J., for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
25 min
66
Preachers: The elders also need homilies that s...
35 min
67
The power of vulnerability when preaching in a ...
34 min
68
Pope Francis calls Catholics to support the glo...
Anthony Andreassi, C.O., for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
30 min
69
Center the experiences of marginalized people w...
James Martin, S.J., for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
29 min
70
How synodal listening transformed this preacher...
Brett Williams for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
29 min
71
The art of a short homily
Iván Montelongo for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
26 min
72
Preaching lessons from Servant of God Sister Th...
Manuel Williams, C.R., for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
32 min
73
Preaching is more than the homily
Patricia Bruno, O.P., for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
31 min
74
The three stories every homily should tell
Jude Siciliano, O.P, for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
25 min
75
Preaching to the hearts of college students
Brian Ching, C.S.C. for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
32 min