Trumpets sounded, wine ran from fountains, bishops delivered homilies, magistrates presented the keys to their cities, triumphal arches sprang up along the way.
-- Christine Pevitt, Philippe, Duc D'Orleans: Regent of France
He launched into a homily about marriage as a garden that requires care.
-- Janet Maslin, "Somehow Form a Family': Between the Hills and Gilligan's Island", New York Times, June 7, 2001
Fathers Cyprien and Marie-Nizier were the first to nod off during the homily on bad thoughts.
-- Rémy Rougeau, "Cello",
The book consisted of easy-to-remember rhyming homilies on the subjects of selling, winning, and making money ("If you want to earn your dough, get up in the morning and GO, GO, GO!").
-- Brad Barkley, Money, Love
A Washington homily fit the situation: "That which must be done eventually is best done immediately."
-- Ward Just, Echo House
