Author: Father Albert

Praying Like a Ponderosa Pine

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Homily for Mass @ CHS Fr. Albert Catholic High, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Praying-Like-a-Ponderosa-Pine.wav"][/audio]   Fire. Fire is something of a double symbol for us. Good because of heat, light, comfort, and food. But ask the people in California and they’ll tell you, fire is also immensely dangerous and destructive. This is true for human beings, as well as for most plants and animals. I say “most” because there are some plants that can actually benefit from fire. Yeah, I just said there are trees that benefit from fire. One such tree is the Ponderosa Pine. It’s huge, and it smells like butterscotch, but...Read More

Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time

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Collect taken from Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time. Collect: Almighty ever-living God, who in the abundance of your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads and to give what prayer does not dare to ask. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "Almighty ever-living God, who in the abundance of your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you," -We must acknowledge that we can never earn or merit the kind of Love and generosity God shows to us. Not only that, God wants...Read More

St. John Leonardi

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Collect taken from the memorial of St. John Leonardi, priest. Collect: O God, giver of all good things, who through the Priest Saint John Leonardi caused the Gospel to be announced to the nations, grant, through his intercession, that the true faith may always and everywhere prosper. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son... "O God, giver of all good things, who through the Priest Saint John Leonardi caused the Gospel to be announced to the nations," - God does indeed give all good things, but he prefers to do so through us. In this way, we recognize that God spreads the...Read More

Divine Footsteps

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Homily for 27th Sun OT, Year A  Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Divine-Footsteps.wav"][/audio]   How many people have converted to the Catholic Faith with your help? How many children have you raised in the Catholic Faith? How many families in the parish have you helped? Or missionaries have you supported? How many fasts, novenas, and rosaries have you offered for the salvation of souls? How many of the poor, homeless, sick and suffering thank God for what you have done to help relieve their distress? In other words, what fruit have you produced? Faith is a gift....Read More

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos

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Collect taken from the memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos. Collect: O God, who made your Priest Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos outstanding in love, that he might proclaim the mysteries of redemption and comfort those in affliction, grant, by his intercession, that we may work zealously for your glory and for the salvation of mankind. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "O God, who made your Priest Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos outstanding in love, that he might proclaim the mysteries of redemption and comfort those in affliction" - Proclaiming the mysteries of redemption and comforting the afflicted are not actions we human...Read More

The Guardian Angels

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Collect taken from the memorial of the Guardian Angels, priest. Collect: O God, who in your unfathomable providence are pleased to send your holy Angels to guard us, hear our supplication as we cry to you, that we may always be defended by their protection and rejoice eternally in their company. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "O God, who in your unfathomable providence are pleased to send your holy Angels to guard us," - In every aspect of God's providence we see that He is eager to have others love. Since love is a self-gift and leads to service, that love means...Read More

Fake It Till You Make It

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Homily for 26th Sun OT, Year A Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Fake-It-Till-You-Make-It.wav"][/audio]   “Fake it till you make it.” People like to say that to a person who has a tough situation. It’s an interesting phrase, really, because there seems to be a few different meanings to it. Some people mean that you should just pretend to be successful and hope it somehow comes true. Others seem to mean that you should just make your best effort until you gradually improve and get where you need to be. Well, the second son in this short little...Read More

Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time

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Collect taken from Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time. Collect: O God, who manifest your almighty power above all by pardoning and showing mercy, bestow, we pray, your grace abundantly upon us and make those hastening to attain your promises heirs to the treasures of heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "O God, who manifest your almighty power above all by pardoning and showing mercy, bestow, we pray, your grace abundantly upon us" - God, infinitely powerful, beyond time and space, creator of the universe has chosen to be merciful toward small, impudent, sinful human beings. God's mercy on us is truly the...Read More

Sts. Cosmas and Damian

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Collect taken from the memorial of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, priest. Collect: May you be magnified, O Lord, by the revered memory of your Saints Cosmas and Damian, for with providence beyond words you have conferred on them everlasting glory, and on us, your unfailing help. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son... "May you be magnified, O Lord, by the revered memory of your Saints Cosmas and Damian," -The Glory of God is the highest goal and so we begin our prayer asking that honoring these saints might increase our awe and love of God. "for with providence beyond words you...Read More

Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time

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Collect taken from Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time. Collect: O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbor, grant that, by keeping your precepts, we may merit to attain eternal life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbor," -Though it my be tempting to think that Love of God and neighbor came after the Ten Commandments because of the order they appear in Scripture, the reality is that Love has always been primary. "grant that,...Read More