Author: Father Albert

The Wisdom of a Soul’s Desire: Homily for the 32nd Sunday OT 2026

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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                            November 7, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/1aFdARd5up4 “My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.” Is it though? Is it really? I mean, theologically speaking, yes. Every soul always longs for God on the most basic level of existence; that’s how we’re made. Everyone who clicks a link they shouldn’t, drinks themselves into oblivion, chases money at all costs, obsesses over politics, or doomscrolls until their brain melts is really looking for God. But that’s not what I mean. Do you really long for God? If you want to know...Read More

The Currency of Heaven: Homily for All Saints Day 2026

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All Saints Day - Stewardship Weekend                                                         November 1, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/WZbDNWhXqkM How do we join them? How do we get to join the party of all the saints in heaven which we celebrate today? Can we buy our way in? You might run across people who accuse the Church of offering just that: a way to buy heaven. They point to our teachings about indulgences, our teaching on merit, or even the collection taken at Mass and say, “see, you guys think you can just give money and get into heaven.” Of course that’s...Read More

Enter To Learn: Mass for VC Homecoming 2026

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Homecoming - St. John Evangelist Votive                                                    October 30, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/wqP-vzi2S_E Simon Peter, Mary Magdalen, and John the Evangelist. These are the three central figures in today's Gospel. St. Peter is the patron of the whole Catholic Church, St. Mary Magdalene the patron saint of the parish that belongs to the Church, and St. John the Evangelist the patron of the school that belongs to the parish. Each offers an important lesson. Each of them represents something we need to take to heart if we want this homecoming to help us get to our true...Read More

Worth the Riot? Homily for the 30th Sunday OT 2026

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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                            October 25, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/ZTYtQ-Dw21w What would it take for the people of Abbeville to riot? What would I have to say or do to make our community angry enough to run me out of town and threaten to kill me? Not that I expect such a thing, but whenever I look at the life of St. Paul, it makes me wonder what the modern-day equivalent of his ministry would be like. St. Paul was run out of town in Thessalonica – that’s why he wrote letters to them. Our...Read More

What We Really Owe: Homily for the 29th Sunday OT 2026

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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                            October 18, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/KNSv9RoT6Ok “Taxation is theft.” Certain conservative and libertarian political movements – even some Catholics sometimes say that. And you know what? They’re not always wrong. Some taxation is theft. Sometimes a government is a bully with power to take what they want. Even if that’s true, you should probably still pay taxes. Why? “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar.” Remember, Jesus is God. God. Infinitely powerful, all-knowing, and infinitely good. God says, “repay to Caesar.” For a lot of people, Caesar was a corrupt bully...Read More

The Door of Trust: Homily for the 28th Sunday OT 2026

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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                            October 11, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/Vc1NZ_s-zck When emails, phone calls, and meetings start to weigh on me, I like to just walk into the cafeteria or playground at VC. Yeah, the hugs and high fives and excited shouts – “Fr. Albert!” – are awesome, but it’s also the questions. They’re often silly, but sometimes they are truly profound – the kind that explains why Jesus tells us to become like children… willing to ask and to trust Our Father with what matters most. One question I got recently from a 5-year-old...Read More

Where’s the Fruit? Homily for the 27th Sunday OT 2026

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27th Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                            October 4, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/ii6lQ1HkMrw Where is the fruit? Did the tenants refuse to give the vineyard’s produce to the owner because they were greedy and wanted to keep it for themselves? Maybe. It says they killed the owner’s son because they wanted his inheritance… which is a greedy thing to do, but the son’s inheritance isn’t the fruit. The owner eventually comes back and kills them for what they did, but it never tells us what happened to the produce they were supposed to give him. So, where is...Read More

You Can Be Great: School Homily for the Memorial of St. Therese 2026

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Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux                                                               October 1, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                              St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/m7ErMAI8mOg “You can do anything if you set your mind to it.” Maybe they don’t say that anymore – I hope not – but people used to say that all the time when I was a kid: “you can do anything if you set your mind to it.” The intention was to encourage kids to do great things, to build their confidence, and inspire them to dream big. That was the intention. It was not the effect. The human race has more anxiety now than...Read More

The Worth of Obedience: Homily for 26th Sunday OT 2026

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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                            September 27, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/LdGkqgGqOuw In the 1950s, a show called Life is Worth Living aired on Tuesdays at 8pm. By 1957, 30 million people in the United States watched it each week – almost 20% of the country. It was simply Bishop Fulton J. Sheen standing in front of a chalk board teaching viewers about the Catholic faith. Yet, right as it reached that peak, it was suddenly cancelled. Why? Cardinal Spellman, the Archbishop of New York, pulled strings get Sheen off that channel. Why? Because Fulton Sheen had...Read More

Better Than We Deserve: Homily for the 25th Sunday OT 2026

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25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   September 20, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/KeTsb9J-QAc Jacinta and Marto were 9 and 10 years old when they died just two years after seeing Mary at Fatima. They are now canonized saints who enjoy the eternal reward of heavenly glory. Antoni of the desert lived to be105 years old and Charalambos to 113. Both men endured several decades of intense penance and prayer. Charalambos was even tortured and martyred at the end of his long life. Both men are also canonized saints who enjoy the eternal reward of heavenly glory. Is...Read More