Priests must not preach about themselves but about the Gospel,” he added, drawing applause from the gathering. The Pope noted that certain sermons could go on for 20 to 30 minutes.

We’re in Year C of the liturgical cycle, and that means the Gospel of Luke is the one we ... Nobody commented on the sermon. That’s often when you know you’ve hit home, quite literally.

This gospel was written by a Jew ... For he ascends a new mountain in the Sermon on the Mount (Ch. 5-7) to deliver the new law, just as Moses had ascended Mt. Sinai in the book of Exodus.