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
1
Bishop Stowe preaches on the climate crisis for...
Bishop John Stowe, O.F.M. Conv., preaches for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B
25 min
2
To be a good preacher, pray more and read widely
John Baldovin, S.J., preaches for the Third Sunday of Easter, Year B
24 min
3
Striking a chord: The debate on singing in the ...
Kim Harris preaches for the Second Sunday of Easter, Year B
33 min
4
When preparing to preach, treat your homily lik...
Ed Foley, O.F.M. Cap., preaches for the Mass of the Day on Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord
35 min
5
Ukraine military chaplain: Preaching hope to a ...
Andriy Zelinskyy, S.J., preaches for Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
31 min
6
A Preacher’s Guide to Holy Week: These are long...
42 min
7
Father Rob Galea’s preaching strategies for rea...
Rob Galea preaches for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B (Laetare Sunday)
32 min
8
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
9
Meet a woman who teaches priests to preach
Karla Bellinger preaches for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year B
34 min
10
Try something new this Lent: Map out your homil...
Russell Pollitt, S.J., preaches for the First Sunday of Lent, Year B
41 min
11
The Vatican’s chief liturgist on why preachers ...
44 min
12
An update from the Preach team
36 min
13
The star first leads the wise men to Jerusalem—...
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
32 min
14
A Syriac Catholic priest and father in Bethlehe...
Feast of the Holy Family
33 min
15
Keeping Christmas joy alive in our preaching—ev...
33 min
16
Preaching about joy starts with paying attentio...
29 min
17
Preaching in Native American communities respon...
Second Sunday of Advent, Year B
34 min
18
A preacher's guide to Advent
First Sunday of Advent, Year B
46 min
19
A reminder for preachers: ‘Words can hurt; word...
30 min
20
At funerals, preach for the living, not the dead
Bruce Botha, S.J., for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
25 min
21
Preachers: The elders also need homilies that s...
35 min
22
The power of vulnerability when preaching in a ...
34 min
23
Pope Francis calls Catholics to support the glo...
Anthony Andreassi, C.O., for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
30 min
24
Center the experiences of marginalized people w...
James Martin, S.J., for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
29 min
25
How synodal listening transformed this preacher...
Brett Williams for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
29 min