Father Korey Homily Podcast

On January 1, the Church begins the new year not with goals, but with a blessing. On the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, we hear God place His name upon His people before asking anything in return. This homily reflects on why most resolutions fail, how the Church redeems the idea of new beginnings, and what Mary teaches us about real, lasting change. Growth does not start with pressure or willpo...

Thursday of the Third Week of Advent December 18, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church As the Church enters the final days of Advent, the O Antiphons give voice to a deeper longing. Today we cry out: O Wisdom. O Leader. These ancient prayers do not explain. They plead. This homily reflects on our hunger for wisdom that actually converts us, and a rescue that requires surrender. Christ does not arrive...

On Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent, Rev. Korey R. LaVergne reflects on Zephaniah’s hard but merciful words to a people who thought they were listening to God, while quietly deciding for themselves. The homily explores the danger of saying “yes” to God with our words while refusing Him with our lives. Drawing on the Gospel image of the two sons, this reflection calls listeners to an honest, hum...

On Monday of the Third Week of Advent, December 15, 2025, Fr. Korey LaVergne reflects on an unexpected Advent figure: Balaam. An outsider hired to speak for pay becomes an unwitting prophet when God interrupts his plans and places truth on his lips. Set alongside the Gospel’s confrontation over authority, this homily explores the difference between humility and fear, between being taught by God an...

On the Third Sunday of Advent, John the Baptist asks a question many faithful hearts eventually face: Are you the one, or should we look for another? From a prison cell, John voices the tension of waiting, disappointment, and hope that has not yet been fulfilled. Drawing from the Gospel, Isaiah, and the Letter of James, this homily reflects on patience, quiet growth, and the strange joy of Gaudete...

On December 12, 2025, the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In today’s homily from Saint Edward Catholic Church, Fr. Korey reflects on how Mary does not announce herself with noise or power. She simply shows up, carrying Christ into ordinary moments where hearts are ready to awaken. Drawing from the Visitation, the story of Juan Diego, and the Eucharist, this homily reminds us...

Thursday of the Second Week of Advent brings us back to Isaiah’s promise that God grasps our right hand and speaks strength into places that feel worn down or hidden. Today’s Gospel reminds us how the Kingdom takes ground through small people who keep saying yes when life feels heavy. This homily wrestles with what it means for God to make us strong in purpose when our spirits feel thin. Gospel: M...

Friday of the First Week of Advent reminds us that Jesus reveals Himself on His own terms. Today, Deacon Evan Hebert preached at Saint Edward Catholic Church, reflecting on the “messianic secret” and why Jesus often tells people not to spread news of His miracles. The Cross and Resurrection are the only true lens for understanding who Christ really is. In Advent, we join the two blind men in waiti...

Thursday of the First Week of Advent December 4, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church in Richard, LA Isaiah sings of a strong city built by God Himself. Jesus speaks of the house that stands because it rests on rock. Today’s readings reveal the heart of Advent: God does not only give strength. He becomes our strength. One line from this homily says it plainly: “God loves us enough to remove what cann...

December 3, 2025 Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Saint Edward Catholic Church in Richard, LA Isaiah sees a mountain feast where God wipes away tears and destroys death. Psalm 23 brings that promise close through the Shepherd who restores weary souls. In the Gospel, Jesus takes the little the disciples offer and multiplies it into abundance. Advent teaches us to bring Him what we have, even i...

December 2, 2025. Tuesday of the First Week of Advent. Today’s readings give us Isaiah’s promise that a shoot will rise from the stump of Jesse, and the Gospel where Jesus rejoices that the Father reveals His mysteries to the childlike. In this homily, Fr. Korey reflects on how God brings life out of places that feel cut down and invites us to trust like children again. Preached at Saint Edward Ca...

December 1, 2025 • Monday of the First Week of Advent Gospel: Matthew 8:5–11 Advent begins with a quiet promise. Isaiah describes a God who washes, restores, and shelters His people. The centurion shows how this promise is received: not by performance, but by trust. One simple truth stands out today: “Only say the word.” Fr. Korey LaVergne reflects on the God who rebuilds what we cannot fix and ga...

The First Sunday of Advent begins with a simple image: a knock at the door. In the readings from Isaiah, Romans, and Matthew, God reveals that He does not wait for perfect conditions. He comes to the real house of the heart, the one that feels cluttered, tired, or embarrassed. In this homily, Fr. Korey LaVergne reflects on the grace that meets us at the doorway and how the Eucharist trains us to s...

Saturday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time reflects the quiet pause before a new liturgical year begins. Today’s Gospel from Luke 21 warns about the slow drift of the heart and the danger of becoming spiritually drowsy. Daniel’s vision reminds us that despite the shaking of the world, the Kingdom already belongs to the holy ones of God. This homily names the subtle temptations that weary the soul...

Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time brings us to Daniel’s vision of the four beasts and Jesus’ call to read the signs of the times. In today’s homily, Fr. Korey reflects on how fear shrinks the soul and makes us forget that Christ has already taken His throne. The Gospel urges us to lift our heads and recognize that redemption draws near. Preached at Saint Edward Catholic Church in R...

Thanksgiving Day brings families together in a mix of joy, memory, and quiet tension. Today’s Gospel of the ten lepers reveals that true gratitude is more than politeness. It is communion. It is the courage to return to the One who heals. Fr. Korey invites us to see the Eucharist as the heartbeat of all Christian thanksgiving and to open our homes with the same mercy Christ offers at His altar. Re...

Wednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time November 26, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church • Richard, Louisiana In today’s readings, Daniel confronts King Belshazzar with a haunting truth. What has been neglected eventually reveals itself. “You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.” Jesus gives the same warning from another angle and pairs it with a promise. Our lives will be tested,...

November 25, 2025 • Tuesday of the Thirty Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Today’s readings confront us with the fragility of every human kingdom. Daniel describes the rise and fall of empires. Jesus points to the temple and names a future marked by upheaval. Yet He gives one command: “Do not be deceived.” This homily reminds us that God never asks us to trust anything that can break. At the altar we...

Memorial of Saint Andrew Dŭng Lạc and Companions November 24, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church in Richard, LA Today’s readings place us in two different rooms: the exile of Daniel and the quiet corner of the Temple where a widow offers two small coins. Both spaces reveal the same truth. God forms faithful hearts in unfamiliar places. Daniel learns trust when everything familiar is stripped away....

Saturday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time brings us face to face with a hard truth: pride can outrun everything except death. In 1 Maccabees, King Antiochus discovers his sins piled up like a room long ignored. Jesus meets the Sadducees in the Gospel and reveals a deeper reality: God is not God of the dead but of the living. This homily rests on a single line of fire: Every Mass opens the door be...

November 21, 2025 Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saint Edward Catholic Church in Richard, LA Today’s feast draws us into the truth that God never abandons His temple. Judas Maccabeus purifies the sanctuary. Jesus restores it again when He calls the temple a house of prayer. In Mary, God prepares the living temple who will bear His Son. The same pattern continues in us. Through the Euchari...

November 20, 2025 Thursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint Edward Catholic Church in Richard, LA Today’s readings reveal the quiet battle inside every heart. Mattathias refuses to compromise his covenant, while Jesus weeps over a city that can no longer recognize the One who brings peace. The homily reflects on how pride, fear, and small compromises can harden the heart until grace becomes...

Wednesday of the Thirty Third Week in Ordinary Time Saint Edward Catholic Church in Richard, LA Today we meet a mother whose courage steadies the entire battlefield of her life. Seven sons. One day. And she refuses to let fear tell the story. Jesus presses that same truth in the Gospel with the parable of the gold coins. The Kingdom does not grow when we bury what God gives. It grows when hope mov...

November 18, 2025 • Memorial of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Saint Edward Catholic Church • Richard, Louisiana Today’s Gospel places Zacchaeus face to face with Christ’s mercy. Combined with Eleazar’s unshakable fidelity, the readings offer a clear path: courage that refuses compromise and conversion that refuses delay. “If we cannot recognize Him hidden in the humble Eucharist, how will we reco...

Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary November 17, 2025 Gospel: Luke 18:35–43 Saint Edward Catholic Church Today’s homily, When Fidelity Costs Something, looks at the quiet pressures that shape us before we know it. Israel in the Book of Maccabees blended in to avoid discomfort. The blind man in the Gospel cried out for mercy. One sought peace that was false. The other sought sight that was real....