Father Korey Homily Podcast

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 with noise or force. He comes quie...

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, humble conversion that stops pretend...

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 and trying to keep control. Advent, F...

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 Sunday. Christ does not wait for t...

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 that holiness is not about being im...

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: Matthew 11:11–15. Preached by ...

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 waiting, holding the tension of “not...

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 cannot hold our weight.” Gospel: Matt...

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 if it feels small, and trust Him to...

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 Catholic Church in Richard, Louisi...

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 gathers even the unexpected into H...

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 stop hiding and welcome Christ wit...

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 and shows how the Eucharist awaken...

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. Recorded at Saint Edward Catholic C...

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, yet He remains with us in every tri...

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 touch the only Kingdom that endur...

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. The widow shows us that relatio...

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 between this age and the age to come...