homily

Example Sentences

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Then he offered one final homily before closing with Bob Dylan’s “Chimes of Freedom.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

In his Palm Sunday homily last week, Pope Leo said that Jesus “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

"The doors are still closed," the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said in his Easter Vigil homily at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

As I listened, it dawned on me that the melody was “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” a subtle but welcome jab at an overheated homily.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

The homily and marriage sentences were said, at Bono’s request, by Dr. Trefusis.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson