Homily on the Saints

I often wonder is there some kind of unwritten rule against priests giving homilies on the lives of the saints? I have almost never heard one, and there is so much knowledge to be gained from them.

 

Sorry, this has posted twice, perhaps admin could remove one of them.

 

Now that you mention it, a homily with a mention of a saint is a rarity. I wonder why.

 

I think it came with the revolution of the 1960s. Those bishops thought that speaking of the saints could offend Protestants, so they shouldn’t be mentioned as often. Thats why around that time Our Lady too began to be less talked about.

It’s funny because, as a convert from Protestantism, the main influences on my conversion were Mary, the Eucharist, the Papacy, and the lives of the Saints. It’s those things that actually draw people to the Faith, not the other way around.

 

You are right!