He was often in demand as a homilist at important diocesan liturgies. He was buried there alongside Archbishop Wulfstan the homilist. He is a prolific writer as well as a popular pastor, homilist, and teacher. His funeral was celebrated on 26 January 1948 in which the homilist was Alberione. Archbishop Gomez has been the homilist and principal celebrant of the annual Mass since 2012. He began publication of "The Homilist" in 1852, and proceeded to publish over forty volumes. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P., the university rector, served as the homilist. The chief celebrant and homilist at the funeral was his successor, Bishop Michael Bransfield. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York and USCCB president, was the homilist. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, was the homilist.