Author: Father Albert

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

20thSunday OT, Year C  Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia   “And so they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern… There was no water in the cistern, only mud.” I guess it’s a good thing Jeremiah didn’t live in South Louisiana. His little adventure in the cistern would have ended quite differently. He may have been stuck in mud, but this weekend, we’ve been just as stuck in the water. Of course, there’s a crucial difference. We certainly pray for and do everything we can to help those who are suffering because of the flooding, but we...Read More