--- title: Articles – Church Life Journal | Guerric DeBona, OSB description: Fr. Guerric DeBona, OSB, a monk and priest of St. Meinrad Archabbey, is also novice junior master for St. Meinrad Archabbey, and professor of homiletics in the department of pastoral studies. --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: ARTICLES ## Guerric DeBona, OSB ![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Guerric-DeBona-e1466022563697.jpeg) Fr. Guerric DeBona, OSB, a monk and priest of St. Meinrad Archabbey, is also novice junior master for St. Meinrad Archabbey, and professor of homiletics in the department of pastoral studies. ### Recent Posts [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/DeBona-large.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/06/16/a-new-homiletic-hearing) ## [A New Homiletic Hearing](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/06/16/a-new-homiletic-hearing) Published by [Guerric DeBona, OSB](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/guerric-debona-osb) We are a society which tends to live out of its mouth. It is hard to visit a doctor’s office, a restaurant, or even a church these days when folks are not chirping about this or that. Perhaps some of it is necessary; much of it not. And maybe we have always loved much talking. After all, even before technology made instant communication a no-brainer, oral cultures trafficked in stories, gossip, an... 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