Sunday Homilies

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 25, 2020 22.11.2020 9:43 ↓

The great commandments.

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 18, 2020 22.11.2020 12:22 ↓

Every twelve years: "Caesar's Coin" just before a presidential election.

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 11, 2020 22.11.2020 7:37 ↓

More perversity.

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 4, 2020 22.11.2020 9:50 ↓

Perversity -- and a tribute to Joaquin Lavado (Quino), noted for his comic strip "Mafalda."

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 27, 2020 22.11.2020 3:29 ↓

Of Brownies and brownie points.

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 22.11.2020 7:21 ↓

"The parable that everybody hates": proof that Jesus intended his parables to be provocative.

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 13, 2020 22.11.2020 6:31 ↓

The parable of the unforgiving debtor: Do we get it?

Interview on racism, October 2020 20.11.2020 25:56 ↓

Campus minister Emily Rogers of the Newman Center of Eastern Illinois University interviews Fr. Kevin Laughery on racism.

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 30, 2020 06.09.2020 5:49 ↓

Part 2 of two parts.  Peter doesn't understand that the Messiah (and those who proclaim his name) has to suffer and die.

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 23, 2020 06.09.2020 8:18 ↓

Part 1 of two parts.  Peter expresses faith in Jesus and Jesus calls him the "rock" on which he will build the Church.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 16, 2020 06.09.2020 9:09 ↓

Our lives are rich and full -- so much so that we could sing arias about them.

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 9, 2020 06.09.2020 8:57 ↓

When we are afraid, we want people to affirm that they feel afraid, too.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 2, 2020 06.09.2020 9:38 ↓

Jesus is not the "victim" here.  He has something in mind when vast throngs come to him.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 26, 2020 26.07.2020 8:05 ↓

This was the weekend when we added a public Mass.  -- Does everything work out for good?  If we keep in mind the human family instead of a narrow focus on ourselves, we will be pleasantly surprised!

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 19, 2020 26.07.2020 8:33 ↓

I can't recall why I don't have a recording for July 12.  -- Have you rebuked temerity lately?

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 5, 2020 26.07.2020 9:03 ↓

Gentleness is needed to heal a raucous and agitated world.  

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 28, 2020 26.07.2020 8:23 ↓

As important as family ties are, we must not allow them to impede us from proclaiming the Kingdom of Godl

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 21, 2020 26.07.2020 11:23 ↓

We began having public Mass.  We are the assembly, and have always been such.  Fear no one.

The Body and Blood of Christ, June 14, 2020 26.07.2020 7:54 ↓

I think that, for a time, I thought my recorder wasn't working, and I missed recording audio for two Sundays.  You can find the video recordings.  -- We focus on the physicality of eating and drinking and recognize that this food and drink feeds us more deeply than other nourishment.

Ascension of the Lord, May 24, 2020 31.05.2020 8:21 ↓

My apologies to all who are looking for more homilies.  Particularly during this Easter season, I have been forgetful and have not always brought my digital audio recorder to church.  You can see and hear videos on Facebook, St. Jerome Catholic Church, Troy, Illinois.  The videos are archived on YouTube, St. Jerome Church, Troy, Illinois. Heaven is not "up"!  Indeed, heaven is as close as the huma...

Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 17, 2020 31.05.2020 7:17 ↓

Mystery and conversion are things we surrender to, without trying to figure them out.

Third Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2020 26.04.2020 11:00 ↓

My apologies for not including Palm Sunday and the Second Sunday of Easter, neither of which I recorded (things have been weird here; have they been weird for you?).  Anyway, the theme of insight continues: things begin to come together and make sense for the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.

Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 26.04.2020 11:51 ↓

Insight is something which occurs within us and which we must pay more attention to.  The fragments of life coalesce and begin to make sense.  This was the experience of Peter and John at Jesus' empty tomb.

Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 29, 2020 29.03.2020 9:20 ↓

"Untie him and let him go free."  These words of Jesus, regarding Lazarus, apply to us as well.

Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 22, 2020 22.03.2020 9:42 ↓

The Year A readings of the Fourth Sunday of Lent are loaded with irony -- all the more so in the circumstances in which we find ourselves.