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Podcast: the art of a short homily

As the church approaches the Synod on Synodality, Synod delegate Ivan Montelongo explains how he integrates the spirit of Synodality into his preaching—all while keeping his homilies short and sweet.

The problem with long Masses? It’s not the reverence — it’s the ego…..

The Mass I normally attend – Novus Ordo, but with lots of Latin, chant and 10-12 minute homilies – is never less than 75 minutes long, is packed, noisy with kids (“the baby choir” as one celebrant memorably and cheerfully described it) and almost everyone stays to the very end of the last verse of […]