Homilies

You can now find copies of Fr. Ayub’s and Deacon Dano’s homilies on our website! Just hover over the “About Us” menu option and click on “Homilies.” So the next time you’re at Mass and you hear something in their homilies that you want to go back and find again, you can easily access them on our website!

The direct link is https://stjudes.net/sermons/ so feel free to bookmark it as well!

If you’re curious about the link going to a “sermons” page instead of “homilies,” we’re using a “Sermons” plugin on the website to help organize them, so we have to go with “sermons.” What’s the difference between a sermon and a homily? In Catholic lingo we typically use the word “homily.” In protestant circles, they use the word “sermon.” Sermon comes from Latin and homily comes from Greek. A homily is generally shorter than a sermon, usually because of the nature of what is being celebrated. In the Catholic Mass, the homily, while an important part of the Mass, is not the central focus of the Mass. The Eucharist is. Whereas in a protestant church service, where the Eucharist is absent, the sermon is usually central to the service. As such, homilies tend to be 10-15 minutes and sermons tend to be 20-40 minutes.