Author: Father Albert

31st Sunday OT, Year C Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/31_0T_C.wav"][/audio]   “We ask you, brothers and sisters… not to be… alarmed either by a ‘spirit,’ or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand.” Christians in every age have worried that their time was going to be the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus Christ. They were both right and wrong. They were wrong because the final Judgment still hasn’t happened even after 2000 years. But,...Read More

30th Sunday OT, Year C  Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/30_OT_C.wav"][/audio]   “Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else: An American Catholic got up to pray and said ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity --- supporting Donald Trump and the Republicans --- I am voting for Hillary because I love the poor and want equality for all.’ Or perhaps he said ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity --- supporting Hillary...Read More

25th Sunday OT, Year C Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/25_OT_C_16.wav"][/audio]   “You cannot serve both God and Mammon.” It’s true, you know. There is no clever homily, no subtle interpretation that lets us get around that fact. Yet, there’s also no getting around the fact that it’s pretty near impossible to survive in this world without making a little money. Anyone who wants to feed their kids, keep them clothed, and possibly even send them to Catholic school knows full well that making money is a necessary part of life. So what can Christ possibly...Read More

23rd Sunday OT, Year C Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia   https://sites.google.com/site/fralbertstorage/recordings/23_OT_C.wav   “What do you want to be when you grow up?” This question is an important one and we can see that our whole education system is built around the idea of making a long journey to becoming someone. If you count from Pre-K to College graduation, it’ll take 17 years before you even start doing what you want to do, not to mention other training. I personally spent 25 years in a row in school before finally becoming a priest, and I can only...Read More

21stSunday OT, Year C Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia   https://sites.google.com/site/fralbertstorage/recordings/21_OT_C.wav   Have you ever binge-watched a TV show? Or perhaps stayed up late into the night reading a book that has really captured your imagination? What’s the motivation behind that? I bet that most people would say something like “I want to know how it will end.” It’s really a natural human desire – wanting to know the whole story – but it can also be quite the temptation. If we’re good, we can use this desire to help stay focused on helping someone till we see...Read More