07. ST. ALPHONSUS: PATRON OF CONFESSORS
Redemptorist Homilies on the Go!
This homily was preached by Fr. Raphael Gallagher, C.Ss.R. a veteran moral theologian who has been a guest lecturer at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome. Going to confession can be quite a dreadful prospect for many Catholics, especially for those of us who do not frequent this healing sacrament of the Church. According to St. Alphonsus, it is in the confessional that the priest must be an expression of the mercy of God towards the sinner. Learn more as Fr. Gallagher preaches on the theme of St. Alphonsus: The Patron Saint of Confessors.
About the Speaker:
Fr. Raphael Gallagher, C.Ss.R. is a Redemptorist of the Dublin Province, Ireland. He was professed sixty years ago in September 1961. Following post-graduate theological studies in Rome, Bonn and Paris he taught moral theology in Ireland and the United States for over 20 years.He was Provincial Superior of his home Province. Following a year as a parish priest in France, he was an Invited Professor at the Alphonsianum Academy in Rome. He is now retired and living at Mount Saint Alphonsus, Limerick, Ireland. This homily originally premiered during the Global Novena to St. Alphonsus on 29th July 2021.
This homily was preached by Fr. Raphael Gallagher, C.Ss.R. a veteran moral theologian who has been a guest lecturer at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome. Going to confession can be quite a dreadful prospect for many Catholics, especially for those of us who do not frequent this healing sacrament of the Church. According to St. Alphonsus, it is in the confessional that the priest must be an expression of the mercy of God towards the sinner. Learn more as Fr. Gallagher preaches on the theme of St. Alphonsus: The Patron Saint of Confessors.
About the Speaker:
Fr. Raphael Gallagher, C.Ss.R. is a Redemptorist of the Dublin Province, Ireland. He was professed sixty years ago in September 1961. Following post-graduate theological studies in Rome, Bonn and Paris he taught moral theology in Ireland and the United States for over 20 years.He was Provincial Superior of his home Province. Following a year as a parish priest in France, he was an Invited Professor at the Alphonsianum Academy in Rome. He is now retired and living at Mount Saint Alphonsus, Limerick, Ireland. This homily originally premiered during the Global Novena to St. Alphonsus on 29th July 2021.
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