Author: Father Albert

The Third Sunday of Advent, C                                                                    December 16, 2018Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s,New Iberia Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel nascetur pro te Israel. You can probably figure what that means because it has the same tune. That’s the original Latin version going back 300 years, though the words themselves come from the ancient O Antiphons, which are over 1500 years old. Gaude means rejoice. Today, the third Sunday of Advent, is called Gaudete Sunday because rejoicing is the theme. Christmas is almost here. God is coming,so we should rejoice. It’s why we wear pink, the color that symbolizes...Read More

 Quid Est Veritas?  That is the very next line in the Gospel; Pilate’s cynical question, “What is Truth?” Our focus is on the Kingship of Jesus, but this deflection is an accurate expression of the attitude so many have toward the Kingdom of God today. Earlier this week, news broke of a young man being killed on a remote island, home to one of the last untouched tribes in the world, called the Sentinelese. They don’t have modern technology, do not speak a modern language, and have no resistance to modern bacteria. They’ve also never heard of Jesus Christ....Read More

Homily for Mass @ CHS                                                                               November 8, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            Catholic High, New Iberia  What is your favorite song? Something by Drake or Ariana Grande or Lady Gaga or whoever? A favorite song with a tune you can’t get enough of or with lyrics that you can’t stop singing to yourself. Maybe it’s a top 40 right now or something from a while back, but it’s there and you love it and keep going back to it. It happens to me too. The bands I sometimes listen to aren’t “Christian bands” but usually...Read More

The Commemoration of All Souls                                                                  November 2, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia  Memento Mori. Since the middle ages, the Church has used this simple Latin phrase to urge us to remember our mortality. “Remember death” is a sound piece of advice to anyone who would like to become wise, and perhaps counterintuitively, to anyone who would like to find happiness. Yes, remembering death helps us to find happiness. How? Because it gives us perspective. Because knowing that you will die helps you to appreciate the time you have. Knowing that you...Read More

The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, B                                        October 28, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia  “What do you want me to do for you?” What a question! This man is a blind beggar, what do you think he wants, Jesus? Even worse, Jesus is God; he knows what this man wants even before talking to him. Really, Jesus could have just healed him from a distance as soon as he heard the man calling. He could have snapped his fingers or simply willed it to happen. Why not give him what he wants...Read More