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

Sun, 20 July 2008
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 20, 2008
Rely not upon the "explanation" of the parable of the weeds in the wheat. Let the parable itself carry you to a consideration of the patience of God.
Direct download: KML_2008-07-20_8am.MP3
Category:Sunday Homilies -- posted at: 9:32am CDT
Sun, 20 July 2008
Tribunal Advocate Training, part 4 of 4
Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.
Direct download: Advocates_4_of_4.MP3
Category:Sunday Homilies -- posted at: 9:09am CDT
Sun, 20 July 2008
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 13, 2008
You need an explanation of the parables of Jesus ... if you want to make them safe and domesticated and toothless. Jesus probably did not provide explanations; somebody in the early Church considered this necessary. Jesus intended his parables to have teeth -- to keep gnawing at us as we consider how we enter into the kingdom of God.
Direct download: KML_2008-07-13_8am.MP3
Category:Sunday Homilies -- posted at: 9:09am CDT
Sun, 20 July 2008
Tribunal Advocate Training, part 3 of 4
Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.
Direct download: Advocates_3_of_4.MP3
Category:Sunday Homilies -- posted at: 9:08am CDT
Sun, 20 July 2008
Tribunal Advocate Training, part 2 of 4
Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.
Direct download: Advocates_2_of_4.MP3
Category:Sunday Homilies -- posted at: 9:07am CDT
Sun, 20 July 2008
Tribunal Advocate Training, part 1 of 4
Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.
Direct download: Advocates_1_of_4.MP3
Category:Sunday Homilies -- posted at: 9:06am CDT
Wed, 9 July 2008
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 6, 2008
You need to decide whether the homilist is conscious. After a week spent at Catholic HEART Workcamp, I was suffering from severe sleep deprivation. I seem to recall talking about CREATURELINESS. Believe me, I was feeling like a creature, not a creator.
Direct download: KML_2008-07-06_1015am.MP3
Category:Sunday Homilies -- posted at: 5:10pm CDT