Preaching In the Wake of Disaster
Preaching In the Wake of Disaster Oct 3, 2022 – Fr. Steve Kluge, OFM, explains to children how even having faith the size of a mustard seed can help us […]
Oct 3, 2022 – Fr. Steve Kluge, OFM, explains to children how even having faith the size of a mustard seed can help us recover from Hurricane Ian.
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HOMILY PREPARATION: Preaching Today has an insightful article which gives five suggestions from pastors who have weathered fierce storms, supported by psychological and disaster mental health research. Preach 1) Hope, 2) Humbly, 3) Comfort, 4) Community, and 5) Service
PRAYER & WORSHIP: The website, The Text This Week , has many resources for Natural Disasters and Acts of Violence. You can also search Sermon Central for Natural Disasters, School Shootings, etc. Many of these resources can be adapted to various situations. Use your judgment when considering inclusion of content, however.
by Jeramie Rinne
EXCERPT: Yes, there is a raging ocean. But there is also a river—and from our Lord flows peace and life. We have been shaken, but because the Lord is within his people, we will not topple.
Look to the Lord, brothers and sisters. We won’t topple. We won’t collapse. Sanibel Community Church still stands—even though our building does not.
And this stream isn’t just for us. The Lord wants his living waters to flow out of our lives into the lives of others. I bet even in the pain and confusion of this past week, the thought has crossed your mind, How will the Lord use this to advance the gospel and display his glory? Keep asking that question. Turn it into a prayer.
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Processing the Notre Dame Fire with the Eyes of Faith (Catholic Digest)
RELATED VIDEO (APRIL 15, 2019) – Bishop Barron Reflects on the Cathedral of Notre Dame Fire
Easter Sunday (2019)
Fr. Phil Bloom – The Eucharist connects with the tragedy we witnessed on Monday – the devastation of the Notre Dame Cathedral. Perhaps you heard about Fr. Jean-Marc Fournier who bravely entered the burning cathedral. He did it to rescue the relics of Jesus and the saints such as St. Louis. But much more important, to rescue the Blessed Sacrament – the bread which is Jesus’ Body. For us the Eucharist has greater value even than Notre Dame Cathedral.
Remember Bishop Barron saying that if Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, we priests may as well go home and get honest jobs. We could say something similar about the Notre Dame Cathedral. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, Notre Dame is just one more museum…
What happened on Monday – Monday of Holy Week – I take as a sign. Like the fire disfigured Notre Dame cathedral, just so sin has disfigured our church – especially hideous sins of abuse of children by men consecrated to God. These sins have devastated our church. But I can say this, we will rebuild. In the bulletin I have something about our efforts to guarantee protection of every child in our care. Because of egregious abuse cases and cover-ups (mainly in a disgraceful thirty year time period) we have lost trust. We want to regain it, not for our glory but because of Jesus.
Building Collapses | Church Fires | Church Scandals | Mass Shootings | Pandemics | Terrorist Attacks | Weather Related | Wars & Global Disorder
Building Collapses | Church Fires | Church Scandals | Mass Shootings | Pandemics | Terrorist Attacks | Weather Related | Wars & Global Disorder
Article by Fr. Ralph Martin
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VOX – Why does God let bad things happen to good people? It’s a question that faith leaders have to answer before their congregations every day. But for clergy members in California, who have spent the past few weeks watching devastation wrought by a series of wildfires that have killed 77 people, left up to 1,000 missing, and destroyed tens of thousands of homes, it’s one that hits particularly close to home. How do you explain the devastation wrought by a wildfire within the context of faith? And how do you frame that explanation in a way that allows victims to verbalize and come to terms with their own grief and, sometimes, anger? For clergy in affected areas of California, wrestling with the problem of evil is part of the job description.
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BEN COURSON -Today, Ben gives his perspective on tragic building collapse in Surfside Florida and what he believes Satan has to do with it. Ben Courson is a bestselling author, TV and radio personality, international speaker, founder of Hope Generation, and the senior pastor at Applegate Christian Fellowship. Ben’s ministry is shouting about the God of Hope to help people rise out of despair.
ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI (June 29, 2021)— Father Juan Sosa says believers must see God at work behind the tragedy. He wrote this June 29 because, he explained, “Writing usually helps me out and releases my thoughts and feelings.”
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Paul Maxwell, Ph.D. (March 16, 2020) – Preaching during COVID-19 Coronavirus, Use these 7 sermon writing prompts to shepherd your church through crisis.
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Just recently, Catholics were devastated to learn of another case of sexual abuse, this time involving Jean Vanier, the esteemed founder of L’Arche and a man once considered to be a living saint. Vanier, who passed away last year, was accused of sexually assaulting six women in France, using his religious position to abuse and manipulate them. How do we make sense of all this? How can a man who produced enormous good fruit fail so abysmally? And how should Catholics respond to this sort of abuse, and prevent it from happening again? Bishop Barron offers advice on all these questions and more.
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