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Fulfilled in Your Hearing Homiletics are important skills in which many bishops and priests study and which many of us should study and try to understand. Homily is a more of poetic style of sermon; more of an application to life, and regarding whether it is a prayer service or a mass in which it is being said homilies could sometimes be more laid back and “down to earth” than some sermons. Homilies help people of all ages understand the Word/Message but mostly those who are children and adolescents are the main target audience. In general when the priest/father applies a teaching of God to something in present day, most of us find it easier to understand. There are five separate but equally important competencies of Roman Catholic homiletic preachings. These competencies are personal, liturgical, interpretive, clarifying, and sacramental. Without these aspects a homily would not be what it is or claims to be. That is why these competencies will be explained. The first competency, personal. What is so special about personal? What sets it apart? When referring to the personal the speaker engages the reader by using verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Verbal skills are when the speaker engages the …show more content…

The interpretive competency is when the speaker uses more “Lehman terms” in order for the meaning to be easily understood by all listeners. He/she then will use relevant language in accordance with the time. For example, he/ she may use a current event/tragedy to explain the background or meaning behind his/her teachings. He/she then takes parables, proverbs,psalms,etc. and creates a mirror definition or meaning but in accordance to the modern day. He/she will then lastly explain the world and how this scripture or meaning has been affecting the world overtime or how it affects the world as of

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