Passion in Teaching and Speaking

I have listened to a variety of speakers from many assorted backgrounds who presented a plethora of different arguments and topics.  Many of these speakers were hard to keep a focused attention to or I found their subject of minimal interest and I was not influenced or entranced by what they had to say.  When my grandpa died the priest who presided over the funeral was not the best orator I have ever listened to and in fact he had a very dry quality of speaking.  But in the setting of a funeral he was incredibly effective in capturing the attention of his audience as he navigated the congregation through Jerry's life and his devotion to the church and his family.  The priest was a friend of my grandpa and with the personal acquaintance that he had he was able to give a passionately presented homily that captured the attention of everyone in the church.  As hard as this may sound a teacher's task is to create a personal passion with the subject they are teaching in the same way that this priest did in order to capture the attention of the students they are teaching.  A teacher who is not passionate about his/her work will not be effective and they will not find fulfillment in their work.