Category: Homilies

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To Touch The Sky: Homily for the Feast of Pentecost 2026

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Pentecost, A                                                                                                    May 24, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/vA2qnc-syaI “They gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.” Why is it confusing to hear someone speak your native language? Shouldn’t that make things less confusing? Apparently not for this crowd. Nor is it really any different today. You can find a sub-genre of prank videos where someone is talking to people from another country in English before switching to fluently speaking the native language of the other person. Every time, the...Read More

Phenomenal Mercy, Morality, and Mission: Homily for the Ascension 2026

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Ascension, A                                                                                                   May 17, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                            St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/w6L_PEc6sV8 As a young boy, my favorite animated movie was ‘Aladdin.” In it a young man finds a magic lamp containing a genie who can grant him three wishes. Voiced by the iconic Robin Williams, one of the genie’s most memorable lines is “phenomenal cosmic power, itty bitty living space” – something he says while describing the fact that he is permanently bound to the lamp despite his ability to change reality itself. It kind of raises the question: what good is power if...Read More

Prophets of Word, Wonder, and Woe: Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter 2026

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6th Sunday of Easter, A                                                                                May 10, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                            St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/WjSH7jVxWws “He is going to marry that girl.” It sometimes happens that a parent says this about their child’s newest love interest without even meeting the love interest in question. Friends sometimes do the same thing. It’s what I said about my friend Adam when he first described his then-new-girlfriend to me, even though I never met her. And marry her he did. I didn’t know her but I got to know her through his love of her. I think that’s a...Read More

Priests Who Pay, Pray, and Obey: Homily for the 5th Sunday of Easter 2026

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5th Sunday of Easter, A                                                                                 May 3, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                            St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/5ZnSVF48c8Y “Thank you for your priesthood!” No, really, I am grateful for it. Your priesthood, I mean. Normally, of course, someone says that to an ordained priest. I hear it all the time, probably once a week if not more, especially with Good Shepherd Sunday last week. Really, I appreciate that and I earnestly desire to live my priesthood in a way that gives others something to be grateful for. For all that, however, it is crucial that you embrace your priesthood,...Read More

The Voice of the Shepherd: Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter 2026

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4th Sunday of Easter, A                                                                                  April 26, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                            St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/klDma5Yrmw8 There’s an interesting trend on social media where parents test which one gets the first response from their child. The child is placed evenly. Both then either look at or call to the child. Whoever gets the first response “wins.” Children often have favorites and they are usually not ashamed to make it obvious who their favorite is. Jesus tells us “the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. But they will not follow a stranger… because they do not...Read More

Making Disciples: Homily for Vermilion Catholic Sacraments Mass 2026

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Is 44, Ps 63, Titus 3, Mt 28                                                                          April 23, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                            St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/qs7oue0ZWSE “Make disciples of all nations.” That’s what we’re here for. That is the mission of Vermilion Catholic, a Legacy of Mt. Carmel. To make disciples. Jesus sends us to all nations and to all nations we will go. First, however, we begin with our own children, our own community. Elsewhere, Jesus even describes this mission as something that radiates outward: first Jerusalem, then the surrounding area of Judea and Samaria, and then to the ends of the earth. Well,...Read More

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

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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

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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

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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

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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