Preaching is ‘believing out loud’

“I’m not trying to convey concepts. What I’m trying to convey is my own reliance on God and my own hope in God,” Sam Sawyer, S.J., says when asked to describe his approach to delivering a homily. “The best thing I have to offer someone else is the invitation to deeper love and trust in God.”

Sam is a Jesuit of the U.S.A. East province of the Jesuits and the 15th editor in chief of America Media.

In his conversation with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., after the homily, Sam shares how ancient monastic wisdom has inspired him to lean into the more difficult lines in the Scriptures.

Read the full text of this week’s homily and Scripture readings.

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