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@iDeacon Part of the issue is that these things tend to operate in the extremes. There's nothing wrong with the priest speaking to the person's love for family, their dedication to the parish, to the core of who they are -- as long as this isn't the most substantial content. I use it as a bridge to get to the meat of my homily, which has to do with death, our need to pray, and the nature of the Mass. I've heard too many homilies that never make this jump, though. And that's a problem.