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, 13 August 2017
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 13, 2017

1 Kgs 19: 9a. 11-13a/ Ps 85: 9. 10. 11-12. 13-14/ Rom 9: 1-5/ Mt 14: 22-33

On the basis of the readings above, I worked in a commentary on yesterday's events in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Direct download: KML_2017-08-13_1030am.mp3
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Tue, 8 August 2017
Transfiguration of the Lord, August 6, 2017

We must learn to trust our own religious experience, which includes accepting the testimony of Peter and others in the history of the People of God.

Direct download: KML_2017-08-06_1030am.mp3
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Tue, 8 August 2017
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2017, 10:30 am

Another version of the previous Sunday homily.

Direct download: KML_2017-07-30_1030am.mp3
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Tue, 8 August 2017
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2017, 8:30 am

Wisdom is not the same as shrewdness.  Wisdom calls us to take in realities beyond our own self-interest.

Direct download: KML_2017-07-30_830am.mp3
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