Author: Father Albert

Holy Family Year C                                                                                       December 30, 2018Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia Subordinate. Submissive. Obedient. Authority. To many in the world, these are dirty words – unpleasant and meant to be avoided or resisted. People resent parents for controlling them, they resent organized religion for having rules, the resent the speed limit for holding them back. But they also want peace and peace requires order and order requires organization and organization requires authority. A family without authority will be broken just as a society without it will fall to chaos and a faith without...Read More

The Fourth Sunday of Advent, C                                                                   December 23, 2018Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia What would you do? Imagine your reaction to an angel appearing to you. A shining light, a voice that echoes with some mysterious power, a heavenly being of pure spirit right there before your very eyes. And, he’s talking to you. “Hail!” He says. I mean, how does someone even process that reality when it happens? And then he has a message! It’s about your mission in this world. “You,” says the angel, “are special, favored by God in a...Read More

The First Sunday of Advent, C                                                                       December 2, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia “Already, but not yet.” That is, or should be, the motto of every Christian in this world. It is also the perfect expression of Advent. We already celebrate Christmas, but it is not yet here. The liturgical new year has already begun, but it is not yet New Years in the world. The Lord Jesus Christ has already come as a child to redeem us, but he has not yet come back as the final judge. That’s why, even...Read More

The Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, B                                           November 11, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia  Money. Everyone needs it. Everyone wants more of it. But, no one likes it when the priest talks about it. It’s probably one of the most off-putting things a priest can do: talk about money from the pulpit. Well, I hope you’ll forgive me because that’s exactly what I’m doing. I don’t exactly enjoy the subject either, but I didn’t bring it up; Jesus did. So, let’s not focus on what I think about money. See what our...Read More

The Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, B                                               November 4, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia  Do you meditate? It’s all the rage right now. Mindfulness meditation, zen meditation, transcendental meditation… meditation seems to be the new health trend. A quick google search will pull up articles that list 12, 20, 78! benefits that come from meditation: better health, increased focus, a longer life. Some say meditation could save your life! Actually, I’ll do you one better. Meditation can save your soul. Now, that’s a dangerous statement for me to make from the pulpit....Read More