Author: Father Albert

Holy Family, Year A                                                                                      December 29, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette I’ve had some pretty weird dreams. I’m not so sure I’d uproot my whole family from just a dream. What makes St. Joseph so certain that this dream is from God rather than a bad meal? Because he has learned to recognize the voice of God, to care for his family according to God’s design. Through a lifetime of prayer and discernment, Joseph has developed a sensitivity to when God asks something of him, so he recognizes the angels message...Read More

Christmas                                                                                                        December 25, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette Are you satisfied? With your Christmas shopping? The gifts you’ve received? The vacation and time with family and friends? For months people have been celebrating and building up to this day, preparing and scrambling to make the best of the most wonderful time of year. Now that it’s here, are you satisfied? And since we’re at the of the year, it’s fair to ask about the past year? What about the rest of your life? Are you satisfied? I ask because the whole...Read More

Third Sunday of Advent, A                                                                            December 15, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette Color. In her ardent desire to use all of creation in teach us about Christ her bridegroom, the Church loves to use color. Green, the color of orderly growth throughout the year. Red, the color of the blood shed by Christ and his martyrs and the color of the fires of the Holy spirit. White, the color of holiness and purity. Gold, the color of royalty and celebration that often complements the colors of the higher feasts. Blue, the color of...Read More

Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, C                                       November 22, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette Are you not the Christ?! Prove it! That cry has echoed in the world from even before the Crucifixion. Parents of sick children, victims of unjust war, refugees of natural disaster have all railed against the claim that an all-loving God is truly in charge. The thief is not asking about Jesus’ last name. Christ means “anointed one,” which is a synonym for King. “Are you not the Christ” is the cry to God that wonders if his...Read More

Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, C                                                     November 17, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette Repent! The end is near! Repent! To most people, that kind of preaching is a joke, a caricature of a crazy man, out-of-touch with reality, working against his own goals. And yet, any Christian who takes scripture seriously has to acknowledge at least one preacher who made it work: Jesus himself. Jesus began his public ministry with almost the same words: repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand! Now, at the end of his public ministry, what does Jesus...Read More