Sunday Homilies

Father Kevin Laughery

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A priest of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois offers his thoughts on the Word of God as proclaimed throughout the world, Sunday after Sunday.

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964 episodes

First Sunday of Lent, February 18, 2024

Peace is one of the gifts of the season of Lent.

7m
Feb 19
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 11, 2024

There are many indications in Mark's Gospel of an aspect of Jesus' personality: that he is eager for solitude and quiet.

9m
Feb 19
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 4, 2024

Each of us is more than what we do.  The same goes for Jesus.

10m
Feb 19
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 28, 2024

The deacon preached on January 21.  -- Can we appreciate the peace and calm arising from being freed from mental illness?

8m
Feb 19
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 14, 2024

The touching call of Samuel gives all of us hope that we will hear the call of God, even if many times we mishear it.

7m
Feb 19
Epiphany of the Lord, January 7, 2024

Ephesians: The nations beyond the Chosen People inherit the Good News of Jesus' death and resurrection.

5m
Feb 19
Holy Family, December 31, 2023

On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, I left the recording device behind, and when I remembered it, I said to myself that I would be mad to run home for it on this absolutely crazy weekend, with Christmas on Monday.  -- We'd like to see around the bend, beyond our capacities.  But we remember: "Lord, your words have been fulfilled."

8m
Dec 31, 2023
Third Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2023

We make many decisions about who we think is impressive and attractive.  We might want to re-think our criteria.

9m
Dec 31, 2023
Second Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2023

I remember why December 3 did not get recorded.  My recording device had a dead battery.  -- Where are we to find comfort and joy?

8m
Dec 31, 2023
Christ the King, November 26, 2023

"The least" is not Jesus' concept.  It is something we have devised so we can tell ourselves to whom to pay attention.  Jesus confounds our strategies.

4m
Dec 31, 2023
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 19, 2023

I cannot recall why I did not record November 12.  -- There is more to life than being industrious.

8m
Dec 31, 2023
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 5, 2023

A focus on today's psalm, 131, about the peace which all profess to desire.

7m
Dec 31, 2023
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 3, 2023

We must heed St. Paul's words: "Be transformed by the renewal of your mind."

9m
Nov 14, 2023
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 27, 2023

Peter professes faith in Jesus ... having no idea what his adherence to Jesus will mean.

7m
Nov 14, 2023
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 20, 2023

I cannot recall why I have no recording for August 13.  -- I reflect on a discussion of the nature of interfaith friendship.  These words seem quite prescient as we consider the agony in Gaza/West Bank and Israel.

7m
Nov 14, 2023
Transfiguration of the Lord, August 6, 2023

We consider the feelings of Peter, James and John as they behold their Master transfigured.

8m
Nov 14, 2023
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2023, again!

It appears that I recorded myself twice this Sunday.

10m
Nov 14, 2023
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2023

I regret that next Sunday's feast of the Transfiguration keeps us from hearing "What can separate us?" (Romans 8.) So I have included what we otherwise would have heard the following Sunday!

10m
Nov 14, 2023
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 23, 2023

Do you often rebuke temerity?  Are you frustrated by a lack of explanation of Jesus' parables?  Why does prayer seem to be so much like groaning?

7m
Nov 14, 2023
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 16, 2023

I was on vacation on July 9.  -- We must open ourselves to the gift of insight, a way of seeing more deeply the meaning of life.

8m
Nov 14, 2023
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 2, 2023

My best guess is that the deacon preached on June 25.  -- A return to Romans 6 and the core teaching on baptism.

10m
Nov 14, 2023
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 18, 2023

We read from Romans that our salvation is sheer gift.

8m
Nov 13, 2023
The Body and Blood of Christ, June 11, 2023

Reflections on the Eucharist in light of the death of a man who built an altar.

8m
Nov 13, 2023
Sorry

It appears that I have copied over the Fifth Sunday of Easter and following so that they are lost.  My apologies.

1s
Jun 10, 2023
Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 30, 2023

Even the First Letter of Peter contains imagery of sheep and shepherding.

8m
Jun 10, 2023
Third Sunday of Easter, April 23, 2023

The First Letter of Peter thinks about Jesus' death and resurrection as our "ransom" from eternal death.

6m
Jun 10, 2023
Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy), April 16, 2023

We must take note of the First Letter of Peter, our second reading for the Sundays of Easter this year.  There are many statements of encouragement which make us feel more alive.

7m
Jun 10, 2023
Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023

Are we, in fact, ready for the gift of resurrection?

9m
Jun 10, 2023