Author: Father Albert

Homily for Mass @ CHS – Queenship of Mary                                            August 22, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                            Catholic High, New Iberia When you go to Disney World, don’t forget to go to Sunday Mass. There are a few options in the area, but the closest one is a church called the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe. That’s what we celebrate today. Mary is the Queen of the Universe. As the mother of the King, Mary is queen of not only the physical universe, but of heaven itself. What do you think of when you...Read More

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, C                                                         August 18, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette Jesus the Son of God is also Jesus the Divine Arsonist. Right here he says, “I have come to set the earth on fire!” It’s a dramatic way of saying he wants the whole earth to burn with the love God has for us and the love we ought to have for God and each other. But that’s not the only dramatic image he uses. Immediately after this reference to the fires of love, he seems to contradict himself: “Do...Read More

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, C                                                        August 11, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette We have failed you. Three generations of Catholics failed by the clergy. Rather than being the “faithful and prudent steward[s]” Jesus talks about, we priests and bishops have been careless and foolish. Just yesterday (Friday), a study was released that showed that 70% of Catholics do not believe the Eucharist is the actual Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Even among those who go to Mass every week, 30% say they think the Eucharist is just a symbol....Read More

Seveneenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, C                                                                   July 28, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette What is a good way to ruin a human being? To make them immature, selfish and entitled? Give them everything they want as a child. We even call it “spoiling” a child when a parent instantly satisfies every desire. On the opposite extreme is to never give a child anything they want or need. They might become hard-working and self-sufficient, but they are plagued by difficulty in their relationships with God and others, usually because they have problems with...Read More

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, C                                                                       July 14, 2019Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette Does anyone not know this story? Even those outside the Church are familiar with it. It resonates with the common experience of human beings throughout history: people suffer while others just pass by. The Levite and the Priest might have had urgent business or an excuse involving ritual purity, but that doesn’t really mean much to the guy bleeding on the side of the road. Another reason this parable is popular is that it’s easy to see how this...Read More