“Explain the resurrection to me in two minutes without using any church language.” This is the challenge that Father Rob Galea sets for his staff to ensure they can easily relate to the young people they serve. “There’s so much church language that we use that we don’t realize that we’re using. So, speak their language as well. And that takes practice, and that takes hanging out with the kids and understanding the way they speak, the way they reason.”
Rob leads Icon Ministry—formerly FRG Ministry, a global media and outreach apostolate that significantly expanded its reach over the pandemic years. “We’d have 60,000 people at every Sunday Mass online,” he says. “And from there, we started creating resources for schools; we started teaching teachers online while they were in lockdown. And things started to grow and grow.”
On “Preach,” Rob delivers a homily for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B, also known as Laetare, or Rejoicing Sunday. Rob shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., that even though he always preaches extemporaneously, it doesn’t mean he simply wings it. “If you’re overprepared, it allows you to be spontaneous,” Rob explains. “Otherwise, you’re preaching the same thing over and over.”
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With thanks to America Magazine, where this article originally appeared.
