{"id":337,"date":"2010-12-18T22:28:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T03:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/deaconsbench\/?p=337"},"modified":"2015-03-13T17:31:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:31:55","slug":"the-preachin-deacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2010\/12\/the-preachin-deacon\/","title":{"rendered":"The preachin' deacon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Continuing his thoughtful and informational series on the deacon as \u201cMinister of the Word,\u201d Deacon Bill Ditewig has now turned his attention to preaching: <\/a><\/p>\n

With regard to the deacon preaching at Mass, the GIRM notes that the deacon preaches \u201con occasion\u201d.\u00a0 The norm is for the priest-presiding to preach, but he may also ask the deacon to preach the homily.\u00a0 This has caused no little confusion: just what does \u201con occasion\u201d mean?<\/p>\n

Some pastors have interpreted this too mean \u201crarely\u201d or \u201conly in extraordinary circumstances.\u201d\u00a0 This is not correct.\u00a0 What the Holy See was trying to correct were abuses in some parts of the world (not so much in the US) in which priests were never preaching, but turning over that responsibility to others (deacons or lay people).\u00a0 However, given the law we\u2019ve already examined, the deacon IS an \u201cordinary\u201d preacher and, while we don\u2019t preach at EVERY Mass, we should certainly preach with certain regularity.<\/p>\n

\u2026Diaconal preaching should have its own unique character.\u00a0 Deacons can bring their own experience of family and professional life to bear in their homilies.\u00a0 Just as priests can offer insights from the perspective of their own experience, so too can deacons.\u00a0 This goes much deeper than simply telling parishioners what he and his family did on vacation!\u00a0 Rather, the deacon can offer insights about the practical challenges of living out the Word of God in school, on the job and in the family.\u00a0 He can also highlight what he has experienced in his own ministries of charity, and the very real needs of the people he is serving in prisons, hospitals, on the streets and in soup kitchens.\u00a0 This desire to encourage uniquely diaconal preaching is reaching new maturity.\u00a0 Just over the last two years, I have assisted three graduate students completing doctorates in ministry who wrote about this very topic.\u00a0 Two were written by deacons and one by a priest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Continuing his thoughtful and informational series on the deacon as \u201cMinister of the Word,\u201d Deacon Bill Ditewig has now turned his attention to preaching: With regard to the deacon preaching at Mass, the GIRM notes that the deacon preaches \u201con occasion\u201d.\u00a0 The norm is for the priest-presiding to preach, but he may also ask the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,41],"tags":[11171,424,11193],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deacons","category-great-links","category-preaching","tag-deacons","tag-homiletics","tag-preaching"],"yoast_head":"\nThe preachin' deacon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Continuing his thoughtful and informational series on the deacon as "Minister of the Word," Deacon Bill Ditewig has now turned his 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