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

Faith and love require that we enter more deeply into Christian community.

Direct download: KML_2021-04-11_830am.mp3
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We note how Peter and John, entering Jesus' empty tomb, reach a moment of insight which convinces them of his resurrection.

Direct download: KML_2021-04-04_930am_St._James.mp3
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Barabbas is "son of the father."  Jesus, "son of the father" in the deepest sense, takes the place of every last one of us.

Direct download: KML_2021-03-28_830am.mp3
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Jesus is the grain of wheat which loses its identity in order to bring forth an unexpected harvest.

Direct download: KML_2021-03-21_1030am_Yr_B.mp3
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Jesus revives Lazarus because he is God and can do so, but also because he is human and he feels the bitterness of bereavement.

Direct download: KML_2021-03-21_830am_Yr_A.mp3
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The best-known verse of the Bible, and the end of the Hebrew Bible.

Direct download: KML_2021-03-14_1030am_Yr_B.mp3
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You'd think those beholding the healing of a man born blind would rejoice.  Instead, he is a problem.

Direct download: KML_2021-03-14_830am_Yr_A.mp3
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On the foolishness of God.

Direct download: KML_2021-03-07_1030am_Yr_B.mp3
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Pope Francis in Iraq and the beauty of dialogue.

Direct download: KML_2021-03-07_830am_Yr_A.mp3
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What does it mean to rise from the dead?

Direct download: KML_2021-02-28_830am.mp3
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Jesus is entirely like us, having experienced the struggle with temptation.

Direct download: KML_2021-02-21_830am.mp3
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The man who is healed talks too much.  We need to consider whether we, likewise, talk too much.

Direct download: KML_2021-02-14_830am.mp3
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A discussion of the mysteries of time, on a recording which I think runs on until almost the Eucharistic Prayer.

Direct download: KML_2021-02-07_830am.mp3
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On preferring the authority of one's arguments over an argument from authority.

Direct download: KML_2021-01-31_830am.mp3
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On the "Sunday of the Word of God," we have to consider the context of the Scriptures we hear at Mass.  Jonah was called by God, but he was quite an unwilling prophet!

Direct download: KML_2021-01-24_830am.mp3
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Sorry, merely a summary on the matter of being called by God.

Direct download: KML_2021-01-17_summary.mp3
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