Father Korey Homily Podcast

On the Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Gospel confronts us with a hard truth. Everything we lean on in this world will one day fall. Christ teaches His disciples not to panic or chase signs. He calls them to persevere in the midst of instability. Today’s homily reflects on Luke 21 and Saint Paul’s counsel to work quietly and stay faithful. The heart of the message is simple. Fear tries t...

Date: November 15, 2025 Occasion: Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Gospel: Luke 18:1–8 God’s people have always cried out for justice. The Book of Wisdom shows the Lord’s powerful word racing into history to rescue Israel. Jesus takes that story and places it in our hands. He teaches that persevering prayer is not about forcing results. It is about keeping the heart alive with f...

Friday, November 14, 2025 Friday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint Edward Catholic Church in Richard, LA Today’s Gospel warns about a danger we rarely notice: the quiet pull of distraction. Like the people in the days of Noah and Lot, we can become absorbed in good things without letting them guide us back to God. This homily invites us to recognize beauty as a doorway to the Creator rather...

Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini November 13, 2025 In today’s readings, Jesus tells the Pharisees that the Kingdom of God is not something you chase or observe from a distance. “The Kingdom of God is among you.” Wisdom 7 describes the Spirit who “passes into holy souls” and makes them “friends of God.” This homily explores how Christ’s presence is already working quietly in our lives, form...

Memorial of Saint Josaphat November 12, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church, Richard, LA In today’s Gospel, Jesus heals ten lepers. Only one returns in gratitude. That moment reveals the difference between authority that crushes and authority that kneels. The Book of Wisdom reminds us that every bit of influence we hold was given by God and will be judged by Him. At the altar we return like the Sama...

Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours November 11, 2025 – Saint Edward Catholic Church Saint Martin’s life reminds us that true holiness is found in service, not status. Once a soldier, he became a bishop whose charity reflected Christ Himself—especially in that moment when he tore his cloak in half for a beggar and later saw Jesus wearing it. In this homily, Fr. Korey LaVergne reflects on Jesus’ word...

Memorial of Saint Leo the Great November 10, 2025 – Saint Edward Catholic Church “God is the witness of the inmost self.” The readings today remind us that the Holy Spirit fills the world and sees all things—not to shame us, but to heal us. Jesus warns against leading others into sin, yet immediately points us toward forgiveness that can only come from grace. When our faith, even as small as a mus...

Rev. Korey R. LaVergne Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica November 9, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church | Saint Thomas Mission Chapel “Zeal for the Living Temple” Every family knows what it means to walk into a place made sacred by memory and love. That’s what the Lateran Basilica represents for the entire Church—the mother of all churches, the home that reminds us who we are and wher...

Saturday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time November 8, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds us that the way we handle “small things” reveals the truth of our hearts. The little acts of honesty, generosity, and care are not background details—they’re spiritual tests of trust. Saint Paul names ordinary believers like Prisca and Aquila, whose quiet fidelity helped build...

Friday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time — November 7, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church – Rev. Korey R. LaVergne Jesus tells of a steward who’s been careless with his master’s goods and finally wakes up to what’s been entrusted to him. In that mirror, we see ourselves—how easily we forget that everything we have belongs first to God. True stewardship isn’t about accounting; it’s about off...

Thursday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time — November 6, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church — Rev. Korey R. LaVergne Gospel: Luke 15:1–10 There’s a relief that comes when something lost is finally found—a key, a wallet, a sense of peace. Jesus takes that ordinary joy and turns it into the very heartbeat of heaven. Today’s Gospel reminds us that the Lord never stops searching for the ones wh...

Gospel: Luke 14:25–33 Date: November 5, 2025 — Wednesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time Jesus never hides the cost of discipleship. He asks us to love without calculation, to give what we cannot afford to lose, and to put every good thing—family, work, possessions—in right order under Him. Real love is not polite affection or occasional generosity; it’s a deliberate decision that stretc...

Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo November 4, 2025 – Saint Edward Catholic Church, Richard, Louisiana Gospel: Luke 14:15–24 We all know what it’s like to prepare something good and be met with excuses. In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the story of a banquet prepared with love—and the heartbreak of guests who never arrive. Most of us don’t reject God outright; we just delay our “yes.” Work, family,...

Memorial of St. Martin de Porres — November 3, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church – Rev. Korey R. LaVergne The Gospel challenges our instinct for fairness and repayment. We like to keep score, even in our goodness—but Jesus calls us to mercy that cannot be repaid. In a world that calculates worth, divine love overflows where no return is possible. St. Paul reminds us: “The gifts and the call of God...

Into the Father’s Hands When someone we love dies, the silence that follows can feel unbearable. Yet the Church gives us this day—not to dwell on loss, but to let love mature into hope. All Souls Day reminds us that death is not an erasure but a completion: every love that is true is gathered into the Father’s hand. In this homily, Fr. Korey LaVergne reflects on the promise of Christ: “I will not...

All Saints Day — November 1, 2025 Gospel: Matthew 5:1–12a Celebrated at: Saint Edward Catholic Church Today we honor the countless men and women who quietly lived the Beatitudes—ordinary souls who let grace make their lives radiant. Saints were not born shining; they were shaped by mercy through perseverance, repentance, and love that refused to quit. Fr. Korey reminds us that sainthood is not for...

Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time — October 31, 2025 Gospel: Luke 14:1–6 Jesus is invited to dine at the home of a Pharisee, surrounded by watchful eyes waiting for Him to make a mistake. Instead, He restores a man’s dignity, healing him on the Sabbath and revealing what the law was always meant to protect: mercy. In a world obsessed with control and correctness, Christ reminds us that...

Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time – October 30, 2025 Gospel: Luke 13:31–35 Jesus weeps over Jerusalem, longing to gather His people as a mother hen gathers her brood—but they are unwilling. In that tension between open arms and fearful hearts, we see the whole story of salvation. Fr. Korey LaVergne reminds us that nothing—not death, not persecution, not even our fear—can separate us...

Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Gospel: Luke 13:22–30 Preached by Rev. Korey R. LaVergne at Saint Edward Catholic Church and Saint Thomas Mission Chapel The Spirit intercedes within our weakness and leads us through the narrow gate of hope. Jesus reminds us that salvation is not about proximity to holy things, but communion with the living God through conversion of heart. Every Ma...

Feast of Saints Simon and Jude – October 28, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church & Saint Thomas Mission Chapel Every house needs a strong foundation. Jesus shows us today that the Church—His household—is built not on human strength, but on prayer and apostolic faith. From the mountain of prayer, He calls the Twelve and begins to build His Church upon men rooted in His love. Fr. Korey LaVergne re...

Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time – October 27, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church – Fr. Korey R. LaVergne A bent back changes how you see the world. A bent soul does too. In today’s Gospel, Jesus frees a woman who has lived eighteen years looking down—and restores her to stand straight in the Spirit. Saint Paul reminds us that we have not received a spirit of slavery to fall back into...

Saturday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time October 25, 2025 – Saint Edward Catholic Church Every gardener knows the frustration of a barren plant—alive, but not growing. That’s the image Jesus gives us today: a fig tree standing in good soil, still unfruitful. And yet the gardener says, “Leave it for one more year.” This is not a story about trees. It’s about time, mercy, and the patience...

Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time – October 24, 2025 Saint Edward Catholic Church “Make an effort to settle the matter on the way.” Jesus’ warning today is full of mercy: life is the road, and reconciliation is still possible before the courtroom of eternity. In this homily, Fr. Korey reflects on our tendency to delay conversion—to read every sign but the one in our own hearts. Draw...

Thursday: 29th Week in Ordinary Time — October 23, 2025 Preached at Saint Edward Catholic Church In today’s Gospel, Jesus says something that sounds more like a threat than a comfort: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing.” That line isn’t about destruction—it’s about purification. The fire of Christ’s love burns away whatever keeps us from God. Saint Paul r...

Preached on Tuesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time (October 21, 2025). In today’s Gospel, Jesus calls us to vigilance: “Gird your loins, light your lamps.” Faith doesn’t stay lit by accident—it requires attention, love, and grace that never runs out. Saint Paul contrasts the reign of sin with the reign of grace, showing that where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more. Fr. Korey LaVergne...