Sunday Homilies

from Father Kevin Laughery, Troy St. Jerome and St. Jacob St. James Parishes, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Note: Comments from this page do not reach me; instead, email: kl@kevinlaughery.com

The Podcasts

Jesus calls us out of our self-imposed dwellings of worry.

Direct download: KML_2017-02-26_800am.mp3
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"Be perfect."  This command is very easily misunderstood.  We need to consider a distinction between "perfect performance" and being a complete, well-rounded person.

Direct download: KML_2017-02-19_800am.mp3
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Is law something imposed upon us, which we have to work around?  No, law is based on principles we find deep within ourselves.

Direct download: KML_2017-02-12_800am.mp3
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Hear the homilist sigh as he ponders the current counterexample of "believing in oneself," the person who will make everything "great."  Ponder the real meaning of being salt for the earth and light for the world.

Direct download: KML_2017-02-05_800am.mp3
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We consider why there was such controversy in 1517, and what Christians are called to do to attain unity.

Direct download: KML_2017-01-29_200pm_1517.mp3
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Christians may seem to be a tiny "remnant" in our world.  Surely the Beatitudes, which open Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, do not quickly reveal the joy to be had by living them.

Direct download: KML_2017-01-29_800am.mp3
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Saint Paul speaks of factions within Christianity as we read of the call of Jesus' first disciples.  

Direct download: KML_2017-01-22_800am.mp3
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Baptism is not something you can do to yourself.  Even Jesus had to be in a passive state as his baptism was done to him.  Surrender is necessary for living the Christian life.

Direct download: KML_2017-01-15_800am.mp3
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