Enflamed by the Sacramental Word: Preaching and the Imagination of the Poor

by Vincent J. Pastro, Gregory Heille OP (Foreword by)

Overview

Christian proclamation, says Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is the living Christ walking among the people. Preachers know that Jesus is the living Word, and that the Spirit of Jesus animates the preaching event. Preaching is an epiclesis, an invocation of the Holy Spirit over God's holy people. As such, it must touch their imagination. Pastro proposes that preaching is the living ecclesial presence of Jesus Christ, Sacramental Word of the God of the poor. The Word speaks from the imagination of the poor-the economic poor, but also the "new poor" of the twenty-first century: entire indigenous cultures, women, those marginalized because of their sexuality, undocumented immigrants in dominant cultures, and many others. All Christian preachers in every context are called to solidarity with the poor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498271615
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	04/15/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	218
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Vincent J. Pastro is the pastor of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Kent, Washington. He served for five years in Lima, Peru, and has had many years of pastoral experience with Mexican undocumented immigrant communities. He holds a DMin in preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri.
Vincent J. Pastro is a Catholic presbyter from the Archdiocese of Seattle. He has pastored Mexican immigrant communities for many years and has a Doctor of Ministry in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the author of Enflamed by the Sacramental Word (Pickwick, 2010).
Gregory Heille, OP, is professor of preaching and evangelization and director of the Doctor of Ministry in Preaching at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis. A past president of the Academy of Homiletics and the Catholic Association of Teachers of Homiletics, he is the author of The Preaching of Pope Francis (2015).

Table of Contents

Forward Gregory Heille, OP ix

Introduction: The Ojo de Agua 1

Part 1 Where Have We Been?

1 The Cry in the Desert 11

2 lII-Gotten Goods 22

3 What Does the Sacred Preaching Say to Preachers? 31

Preaching Practicum One 40

Part 2 Where Are We Now?

4 Word of Life, Sacrament of Grace 49

5 Jesus Christ Sacramental Word of the God of the Poor 65

6 The Church of the Poor, Hearer of the Sacramental Word 89

Preaching Practicum Two 104

Part 3 Where Are We Going?

7 A Latin American Theology of the Sacramental Word for the Twenty-First Century 111

8 Life in Abundance: The Sacramental Word of Indigenous Culture 130

9 Flor y Canto, Return to the Source 152

Preaching Practicum Three 171

Conclusion: Word, Spirit, and Pueblo 177

Bibliography 181

Scripture Index 187

Subject Index 190

Theologian Index 202