Sunday Homilies

from Father Kevin Laughery, Quad Pastoral Unit, Sangamon and Morgan Counties, Illinois Comments from this page do not reach me; instead, email: kl@kevinlaughery.com

The Podcasts

On March 17 the homilist was taking some time off.  The Palm Sunday scriptures proclaim the compassion of the Suffering Servant of humanity.

Direct download: KML_2013-03-24_800am.mp3
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What do we expect from inheritance?  Have we dedicated and opened ourselves to the ultimate inheritance of mercy and belonging?

Direct download: KML_2013-03-10_800am.mp3
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In the middle of Lent, the Scriptures today lend themselves to contemplating the normal human experience of being "in the middle" of the vast enterprise of life, and feeling ourselves to be quite limited and creaturely.

Direct download: KML_2013-03-03_800am.mp3
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There was a baptism at this Mass, so the child baptized entered the People of God during the pontificate of Benedict XVI -- just barely.  Transfiguration is an occasion to ask: what's ordinary and what's extraordinary?

Direct download: KML_2013-02-24_800am.mp3
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This time of papal transition moves us to a consideration of the title "Vicar of Christ" and the humility of the Christ who withstood temptation so as to carry out the ultimate act of love for humanity.

Direct download: KML_2013-02-17_800am.mp3
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The idea of the holy: wholly other, but involved in the lives of human beings.

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When we presume to offer a word for the good of the public, we must be sure that we are acting with love for our listeners.

Direct download: KML_2013-02-03_800am.mp3
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A sense of belonging is necessary if we are to understand ourselves as members of the Body of Christ.  We keep in mind that our differences contribute to the health of the entire body.

Direct download: KML_2013-01-27_800am.mp3
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The anxieties of getting married, and the fact that God has espoused us to himself.

Direct download: KML_2013-01-20_800am.mp3
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Jesus' baptism is an act of solidarity with weary humanity.

Direct download: KML_2013-01-13_800am.mp3
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