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

Mon, 16 September 2019
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 15, 2019

Note the calf in the Old Testament reading and the Gospel.

Direct download: KML_2019-09-15_830am.mp3
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Mon, 16 September 2019
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Version Two

So here's what I did at 10:30.

Direct download: KML_2019-09-08_1030am.mp3
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Mon, 16 September 2019
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 8, 2019, Version One

I've never done this before.  I am giving you two versions of my homily, focusing on planning, with a specific reference to planning at St. Jerome.  I left some things out of one, and I left other things out of the other.

Direct download: KML_2019-09-08_830am.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:26pm CDT
Mon, 16 September 2019
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 1, 2019

The Gospel is not a mere etiquette lesson.  It is an opening onto a fuller life.

Direct download: KML_2019-09-01_830am.mp3
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Mon, 16 September 2019
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 25, 2019

We cannot stand on the sidelines.  There are no sidelines.

Direct download: KML_2019-08-25_1030am.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 1:15pm CDT
Mon, 16 September 2019
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 18, 2019

Jesus is ironic when he speaks of "not peace, but the sword."

Direct download: KML_2019-08-18_830am.mp3
Category: -- posted at: 1:01pm CDT