The Task of Preaching
Fr. Andrew McAplin, O.P., The Dominican Friars of the Province of Saint Albert the Great

I am breaking with a tradition of having a guest preacher at my Mass of Thanksgiving in Minnesota. The reason being is that I do not live there and so many of my family and friends will rarely get to hear me preach. I finished a first draft of my homily last night and I will edit it just a little more, but I plan on keeping the content and message just as it is. I went away from the idea that I would give my vocation talk or an inspiring message that might encourage many to seek the Dominican way of life. I instead went off on the task of preaching Jesus Christ and the truth of His message as well as the fact that preaching/teaching the truth of Catholic morality and doctrine are of utmost importance in this day and age. This is not a vocation for the cowardly, and as so many bloggers have noted of late, truth will most likely lead to persecution. I pray that I am ready for this task.