The Word In and Out of Season: Homilies for Sundays of Advent and Lent

by Richard Viladesau

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 1996

Overview

Richard Viladesau presents inspiring homilies for the seasons of Advent and Lent. His insights help contemporary Catholics deepen their connection to the liturgical seasons that have become increasingly secularized.

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Key Features

• Reflects on the Scripture readings for Advent and Lent
• Aids readers in theological understanding
• Provides relevant insights for contemporary Catholics

Contents

Top Highlights

“If we are to be touched by the celebration of the coming of God, if we are to make it an occasion to greet God in our lives, we need a very different sort of preparation: prayer, aloneness with God, the setting of priorities in our lives, opening our spirits and making room in ourselves for God’s coming anew.” (Page 59)

“The President rejoiced that many people now recognize that the essential problem is a moral one: a general lack of values and purpose.” (Page 32)

“Christians were to live in anticipation, orienting their lives not to the present, but to the world’s imminent change” (Page 28)

“stubbornly clinging to the vision and the possibility of building God’s Kingdom among us” (Page 29)

“it invites us to interiority, introspection, purification, simplicity” (Page 32)

Product Details

• Title: Homilies for the Sundays of Advent and Lent
• Author: Richard Viladesau
• Series: The Word in and out of Season
• Volume: 4
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 1996
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Advent sermons; Lenten sermons; Catholic Church › Sermons; Church year sermons; Sermons, American
• Resource ID: LLS:WORDINOUTSSN
• Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-12T00:41:49Z

About Richard Viladesau

Richard Viladesau teaches theology at Fordham University. He earned his ThD from Gregorian University and is the author of several books, including The Reason for Our Hope and Answering for Faith. He is also coeditor of Foundations of Theological Study: A Sourcebook.