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The Meaning of Your Story: Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter 2026

Posted on April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 by Father Albert

3rd Sunday of Easter, A April 19, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/cm8RLr6u-CY In 2010, a remake of the movie True Grit was released. There was some general excitement about it, so I went to see it. It’s about a young girl who gets vengeance for the murder of her father and at first, I hated it. I wondered why so many people liked it. Eventually, I came across a commentary that pointed out how the main character – the girl who got vengeance – wasn’t meant to be a hero, but a cautionary tale....Read More

Whom We Obey: Homily for Thursday of Easter Week 2

Posted on April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 by Father Albert

Thursday, 2nd Week of Easter April 16, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/uIuFdk_NzAs “We must obey God rather than men.” That is one of my favorite lines in all of scripture. “We must obey God rather than men.” In seven words, it sums up every hero and saint in salvation history. From Noah who endured mockery as he built the ark to Ruth who left her homeland to join God’s people to John the Baptist to Jesus himself, there are always men and women who say, “I don’t care what the world thinks, what powerful...Read More

Authority and Peace: Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Easter 2026

Posted on April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 by Father Albert

2nd Sunday of Easter, A April 12, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville N.B. Technical problems caused the video to cut in and out several times. https://youtu.be/VEPFxw-u_90 Authority is a terrifying thing. And a comforting one. Without the authority of divine revelation and the authority of divine mercy, there are many questions that cannot be answered and many human faults that cannot be overcome. When authority is abused, however, it creates things so terrible that it’s hard to imagine worse. That Apostles knew this on a deep, experiential, existential level. They are cowering in fear...Read More

Desire for Light: Easter Vigil, Pt 3 of the Paschal Triduum 2026

Posted on April 5, 2026April 4, 2026 by Father Albert

Easter Vigil April 4, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville N.B. This is the third of a three-part series of homilies on the topic of desire. The first part can be found here and the second part here. https://youtu.be/Ul20JcyOtU0 Three days ago, 4 people sat atop 6 million pounds of machinery filled with 700,000 gallons of fuel for 3 hours, waiting for the whole thing to explode and launching them into an environment completely incompatible with human life: the vacuum of space. Now, at this very moment, those 4 people are closer to the moon...Read More

Desire to Suffer: Good Friday, Pt 2 of the Paschal Triduum 2026

Posted on April 3, 2026April 5, 2026 by Father Albert

Good Friday of the Lord's Passion April 3, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville N.B. This is the second of a three-part series of homilies on the topic of desire. The first part can be found here and the third part here. The video livestream kept disconnecting, so there is only this audio recording done after the fact: https://youtu.be/HySy3uVGiSk “Shall I not drink the cup that the Father gave me?” Jesus wants to drink that cup, he desires to embrace the suffering and death prepared for him by the Father’s will. Why? Because desire...Read More

Desire for Love: Holy Thursday, Pt 1 of the Paschal Triduum 2026

Posted on April 3, 2026April 5, 2026 by Father Albert

Mass of the Lord's Supper April 2, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville N.B. This is the first of a three-part series of homilies on the topic of desire. The second part can be found here and the third part here. https://youtu.be/Y6TwfJLpISU “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you” (Lk 22:15). You could say that desire is destiny. Not that that is always a good thing. The human heart wants many things it should not want and fails to want many of the things it should. Anyone who has known an...Read More

Keep Watch With Me: Homily for Palm Sunday 2026

Posted on March 29, 2026March 30, 2026 by Father Albert

Palm Sunday, A March 29, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/PSgb2kBhC1s Who wins? The chief priests? Not when the veil of the sanctuary is torn. Judas? Certainly not when he takes his own life. Pontius Pilate? Not when he has to answer to his wife who asked him not to do it. The disciples? Not when they fell asleep in the garden, not in their futile attempt to use the sword, not when they fled and not when Peter denies Jesus. Who wins in the end, then? Jesus wins in his resurrection. But we aren’t there yet. Who...Read More

The Cost of Yes and No: Homily for the Annunciation 2026

Posted on March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 by Father Albert

Solemnity of the Annunciation March 25, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/RldaNxT7TU0 If a known and proven prophet came to you and offered to do any one miracle you wanted, what would you ask for? Healing? A spectacular vision of heaven? Some impossible thing like the sun dancing across the sky? We know God can and has done miracles like that, so what would you ask for? When it’s hypothetical, I bet most of us could come up with something we’d ask for. In reality, however, many of us… perhaps most of us wouldn’t ask for anything. Why...Read More

To Never Die: Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent 2026

Posted on March 22, 2026March 22, 2026 by Father Albert

5th Sunday of Lent, A March 22, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/BiV4Z-EtgJg Usually, when a person shows immediate understanding or great faith, Jesus responds with joy, even exclaiming “what great faith!” We see this with the Canaanite woman, the roman centurion, the woman with a hemorrhage… And yet, when Martha says “I know [my brother] will rise in the resurrection on the last day,” Jesus doesn’t just affirm her, he pushes for more: “I am the resurrection and the life.” Why? In part, because he’s planning to do something much sooner than the “last day.” He will...Read More

Losing Jesus: Homily for St Joseph 2026

Posted on March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 by Father Albert

St. Joseph, Husband of Mary March 19, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/J-uZJWt7usk How can you lose Jesus? More easily than you might think. Once, when were kids, my brother and I were on a camping trip with a bunch of other people. My brother is… not a morning person. So, when everyone else was getting out of their tents and preparing to go to the place where we’d go rock climbing, my brother was trying to grab a few extra minutes of sleep. Well, he got more than a few. With all the people and commotion,...Read More