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Sunday HomiliesSaints Peter and Paul, Apostles2025 Jun 29 SUN: PETER AND PAUL, APS S Vigil: Acts 3: 1-10/ Ps 19: 2-3. 4-5/ Gal 1: 11-20/ Jn 21: 15-19. Day: Acts 12: 1-11/ Ps 34: 2-3.4-5. 6-7. 8-9/ 2 Tm 4: 6-8. 17-18/ Mt 16: 13-19 When we think of Peter and Paul, we think of their leadership in the early Church. They did different things. They both found themselves in Rome, we believe somewhere between the years 64 and 67, and they were martyred while Nero was emperor. They had differing personalities and they did different things. And it is instructive for us to consider how they led the earliest believers in J...2025-07-0110 minSunday HomiliesSecond Sunday of Lent, March 16, 20252025 Mar 16 SUN: SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Gn 15: 5-12. 17-18/ Ps 27: 1. 7-8. 8-9. 13-14/ Phil 3: 17 -- 4: 1 or 3: 20 -- 4: 1/ Lk 9: 28b-36 My brother had a friend when we were growing up, and my brother passed along to me some of the things that he heard from this friend about their family. So apparently it was kind of a ritual with them: that they would start on a vacation getting into the car and driving and their dad was driving. He would at some predictable point exclaim, "Isn't this great, kids?" The kids did not kn...2025-03-2207 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 20, 2024The homilist was away last week. Well the young people sitting up front here spent a night -- I don't know how comfortable it was because they were sleeping outside during the night. It's what we call cardboard city. It is an opportunity for them to have an experience of homelessness. And I wonder whether at school you know people who are similar to what I am going to describe to you. In high school I had two classmates who had this ongoing feud about which one of them was taller. It happened that they were...2024-10-2305 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 29, 20242024 Sep 29 SUN: TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Nm 11: 25-29/ Ps 19: 8. 10. 12-13. 14 (9a)/ Jas 5: 1-6/ Mk 9: 38-43. 45. 47-48 Very briefly I want to talk about some things in the second half of this Gospel and in the second reading. We know that Jesus is not calling us literally to maim ourselves. He is making a point that it is better to enter the kingdom of heaven one way or another rather than fail to do so. In the second reading -- this is our last selection from the letter of James -- James is already bemoaning the...2024-09-2907 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 22, 2024You may have been aware that the priests of the diocese were taking part in our annual convocation this past week. In addition, I attended a meeting of the Diocesan Pastoral Council in Springfield yesterday. And some months ago, there was a group of priests set up to study what you might call the use of priest energy in the 28 counties of our diocese. They gave us some interesting figures. First of all, that our weekend Mass schedule is such that we are ready for 112,000 people every weekend. The fact is, however, that we have only about 36,000 people at...2024-09-2609 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary TimeAs I think of a word by which to sum up all of the scriptures today, I believe that word is denial. Denial is a very common aspect of our consciousness. We decide that there are many, many things in life we would prefer to avoid. And so we exercise denial over them. One example is in the letter of James. We have here the image of a brother or sister, and we need to remember those words, "brother" and "sister" who does not have enough to eat or to wear. Denial puts distance between...2024-09-1706 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-third Sunday in Ordinary TimeWell, here we are, gathered together in one place. Someone once said that the church could be described as "Here comes everybody." Because we understand this assembly is for everyone. We think in territorial terms, and we say that the people in a particular territory who are Catholic Christians come to this particular assembly or church, because they are members of this particular parish. And we know that we are to find out who we really are when we come together for this assembly, for the Sunday Eucharist, on which we give thanks for the...2024-09-1009 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-second Sunday in Ordinary TimeHave you ever had the experience of someone telling you a joke and you had to think about it for a little while before you got it? I'm thinking about something which I would say is not strictly a joke; it was an exchange between me and a student at a school I ran. This was about 30 years ago. And I asked a student, "What is a defibrillator?" And the student replied, "Is it a lie detector?" I thought that student was pretty sharp. There are things, and we hear this from Jesus today, that you try...2024-09-0109 minSunday HomiliesTransfiguration of the Lord, August 6, 2023We consider the feelings of Peter, James and John as they behold their Master transfigured.2023-11-1408 minSunday HomiliesFourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 3, 2022Do you think that perhaps Jesus was seeking new recruits because he was having second thoughts about James and John?2022-07-0908 min
Everything CavaliersAnthony Edwards: Deep Dive and Does he Make Sense on the Cavs?In today's episode I look deeper into Anthony Edwards. I discuss what I like, do not like, Ceiling/floor scenarios, and if he makes sense with the current roster construction of the Cleveland Cavaliers. S/O Forrest Ashwood for the beat!! Follow me @_EverythingCavs
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everything-cavaliers/support2020-04-0730 minEverything CavaliersMy black mamba experience and jumbled Cavs thoughtsNot my most composed episode but it felt appropriate. I talk about how I viewed Kobe. Then go into Sexland, the newest Kevin Love news, and a little draft talk. Hope you enjoy! Get at me on Twitter @_EverythingCavs or @James_Laughery7. Hope you enjoy! Until next time.
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everything-cavaliers/support2020-01-2826 minEverything CavaliersSize does matter, Cavs too small for Mavs, I join Brian Zilem of Blue Hardwood to discussBrian Zilem was kind enough to invite me on his Mavericks podcast to chop it up over the Cavs Mavs matchup. Cavs fought but the size of the Mavs frontcourt and the genius of Luka prove to be too much for the Cavs to overcome.
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everything-cavaliers/support2019-11-0439 minEverything CavaliersThe Good and Bad of the Cavs first preseason matchup! Rounding out the episode is a bundle of fan questions!Oh does it feel good to be back! I will run through my thoughts of the first preseason game against San Lorenzo. This is followed by a slew of fan questions! Thank you so much for tuning in I will catch you next time! :)
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everything-cavaliers/support2019-10-1030 minEverything CavaliersThe rise of Collin Sexton, Zion, and a Q&AI am back! In today's episode I discuss the development of Collin Sexton through the latter half of the season. My thoughts on Zion Williamson. I end the show with questions asked by my Twitter followers!
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everything-cavaliers/support2019-04-1743 minEverything CavaliersCavs games versus Suns, Grizzlies, Blazer. Ja Morant talkI cover the Cavs games against the Suns, Grizz, and Blazers. After I talk about the possibility of Ja Morant on the Cavs.
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everything-cavaliers/support2019-03-0253 minEverything CavaliersEverything Cavaliers Podcast Episode 3Today I cover the Knicks and Nets games while looking forward to my expectations for the rest of the season.
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everything-cavaliers/support2019-02-2037 minEverything CavaliersEverything Cavaliers Podcast Episode 2I talk about the moves the Cavs made at the deadline. Collin Sexton's season up to this point and what I expect and hope from him in the future. My opinion on the Cedi and Kevin Love injury situation! Follow me on Twitter @James_Laughery7 and the podcast @_EverythingCavs
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everything-cavaliers/support2019-02-0927 minEverything CavaliersEverything Cavaliers Podcast Episode 1In today's episode I discuss, the Mavs and Knicks trade (briefly), the Cavs Mavs match up, my thoughts on our two best young players, and the what the Cavs should do before the trade deadline.
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everything-cavaliers/support2019-02-0222 minSunday HomiliesSt. Jerome Parish Feast Day, September 30, 2018In honor of St. Jerome, we replaced the hard-hitting statement of the Letter of James with the reflection from Second Timothy on the value of Scripture.2018-11-0512 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 16, 2018We have the classic text of James about faith and works, Peter's act of faith in Jesus, and the context in which Peter's faith will be tested: the mission of the Suffering Servant.2018-11-0508 minSunday HomiliesNineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 12, 2018This was recorded at St. James. The acoustics are quite different. I recall the image of the pelican feeding her young with her own blood.2018-08-2508 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 6, 2015The refugee situation in Europe is another proof that we can never escape the xenophobic tendencies pointed out today in the Letter of James.2015-09-2005 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 9, 2012"Be opened!" We must open ourselves to influences beyond ourselves; we must in particular be open to the fact that our human nature is as it is described today in the Letter of James.2012-09-1607 minSunday HomiliesThirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 25, 2009James and John last week did not perceive what Bartimaeus this week does perceive: that before one makes elaborate plans for the future, one must make sure of the way that he is traveling.2009-11-0206 minSunday HomiliesSecond Sunday of Lent, February 17, 2008How can we act with true hope, and not give in to a despairing attitude? Jesus gave an answer through his transfiguration. We can perceive, along with Peter, James, and John, that the good is triumphant, even when we can see only evil surrounding us.2008-02-1711 minSunday HomiliesTwenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 17, 2006Powerful readings: Isaiah 50, the third Suffering Servant Song; from James, the "faith-works" controversy; from Mark, "Get behind me, Satan!"2006-09-1708 min