Enflamed by the Sacramental Word

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 Jesu...