Author: Father Albert

Beheading of John the Baptist

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Collect taken from the memorial of the beheading of John the Baptist. Collect: O God, who willed that Saint John the Baptist should go ahead of your Son both in his birth and in his death, grant that, as he died a Martyr for truth and justice, we, too, may fight hard for the confession of what you teach. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son... " O God, who willed that Saint John the Baptist should go ahead of your Son both in his birth and in his death," - We recall the fitting design of God in order to evoke a...Read More

St. Augustine of Hippo

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Collect taken from the memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo, bishop, confessor, and doctor. Collect: Renew in your Church, we pray, O Lord, that spirit with which you endowed your Bishop Saint Augustine that, filled with the same spirit, we may thirst for you, the sole fount of true wisdom, and seek you, the author of heavenly love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son... "Renew in your Church, we pray, O Lord, that spirit with which you endowed your Bishop Saint Augustine" - In each age, the Church needs men and women who are filled with the spirit of zeal and...Read More

You’re Building What?

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Homily for 21stSun OT, Year A                                                                     Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Youre-Building-What.wav"][/audio]   Maybe this sounds familiar: Three men died and went to heaven. When they got there, St. Peter met them at the gate. He said “tell me why you deserve to go to Heaven…”  Those lines are the opening to hundreds of different jokes about dying and going to heaven. Some of them...Read More

St. Bartholomew

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Collect taken from the memorial of St. Bartholomew, Apostle. Collect: Strengthen in us, O Lord, the faith, by which the blessed Apostle Bartholomew clung wholeheartedly to your Son, and grant that through the help of his prayers your Church may become for all the nations the sacrament of salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son... "Strengthen in us, O Lord, the faith, by which the blessed Apostle Bartholomew clung wholeheartedly to your Son," -Especially after Jesus' ascension into Heaven, Bartholomew could not rely on ordinary human perception to stay close to Christ. Instead, he had to rely upon a supernatural ability...Read More

St. Rose of Lima

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Collect taken from the memorial of St. Rose of Lima, virgin. Collect: O God, you set Saint Rose of Lima on fire with your love, so that, secluded from the world in the austerity of a life of penance, she might give herself to you alone; grant, we pray, that through her intercession, we may tread the paths of life on earth and drink at the stream of your delights in heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,... "O God, you set Saint Rose of Lima on fire with your love, so that, secluded from the world in the austerity of...Read More

Queenship of Mary

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Collect taken from the memorial of the Queenship of Mary. Collect: O God, who made the Mother of your Son to be our Mother and our Queen, graciously grant that, sustained by her intercession, we may attain in the heavenly Kingdom the glory promised to your children. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son... "O God, who made the Mother of your Son to be our Mother and our Queen," - Just as the Israelite kingdom had a "Queen Mother," so does the kingdom of Heaven. This takes nothing away from God, of course, because it is precisely how He wants His...Read More

Pope St. Pius X

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Collect taken from the feast of St. Pius X, Pope. Collect: O God, who to safeguard the Catholic faith and to restore all things in Christ, filled Pope Saint Pius the Tenth with heavenly wisdom and apostolic fortitude, graciously grant that, following his teaching and example, we may gain an eternal prize. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son... "O God, who to safeguard the Catholic faith and to restore all things in Christ, filled Pope Saint Pius the Tenth with heavenly wisdom and apostolic fortitude," - "To restore all things in Christ" was Pius X's Papal motto. Invoking that motto, we...Read More

Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time

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Collect taken from Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time. Collect: O God, who have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, fill our hearts, we pray, with the warmth of your love, so that, loving you in all things and above all things, we may attain your promises, which surpass every human desire. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "O God, who have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, fill our hearts, we pray, with the warmth of your love," - We make an act of faith in acknowledging that God...Read More

Better a Dog to God than a Child to Satan

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Last week Jesus knowingly sent his disciples into a storm and left them in it for hours. This week, we see something that, quite frankly, is offensive to us. Jesus not only ignores this poor woman, but even calls her and her whole race “little dogs.” And yet, just as the storm ended with walking on water, so this rebuttal ends with a joyful consent to the woman’s request. Some try to say this woman teaches Jesus about racism but that is silly; Jesus already knows racism is wrong. Jesus Christ, who is both God and Man, is using this...Read More

Netflix or Nothing: Our Need for the Void

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Netflix is the Devil! Is that a startling enough headline for you?  I'm exaggerating, of course, but only by a little. [caption id="attachment_1783" align="alignright" width="225"] Where are the horns?[/caption] Personally, it's easy for me to lose hours upon hours to Netflix or other similar streaming services.  Even when there wasn't a show that got me excited, I would come back like the bored man to his fridge.  I know what's in the fridge - I've basically memorized it - but I'm still hungry, so I'll close the door for a while, sink further into boredom-hunger and then lower my standards...Read More