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The Breadth of Faith: Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent 2026

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

1stSunday of Lent, A February 22, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/q9cjTNgWNJ4 What’s the big deal? It’s just a piece of fruit. How can something as small as eating one wrong piece of fruit be so bad that it breaks the whole world, gets Adam & Eve banned from the garden, and causes human beings for the rest of time to become weaker, dumber, and doomed to die? Isn’t that a bit unfair? Apparently not. Because God is just. God is good. If God, who is all-knowing, all-powerful, and perfectly good says this is the right consequence, then...Read More

Signs and Symbols: Homily for Ash Wednesday 2026

Posted on February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 by Father Albert

Ash Wednesday February 18, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/m_PgVRYiTNM A visible sign of an invisible reality. That’s what this is. That phrase should sound familiar – a visible sign of an invisible reality – because it is one of the ways we describe the Sacraments. All 7 of the capital-S Sacraments are visible – or audible – signs of an invisible reality. But that definition doesn’t just apply to those 7 rituals. Our faith is full of visible signs for invisible realities like we have today. The ashes are a visible sign of the...Read More

The Rules of Love: Homily for the 6th Sunday OT 2026

Posted on February 15, 2026February 15, 2026 by Father Albert

6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A February 15, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/9p8fk5Jcj84 Ladies, if you had walked into the house yesterday to find three roses and a box of chocolates inside a grocery bag on the counter and him off playing a game or something, how would you have reacted? It’s certainly better than if he ignored the day completely. Now compare that to if you walked in the house to find him holding those same three roses, smiling and greeting you with enthusiasm, if he had that same box of chocolates, but presented them...Read More

Billboards & Mirrors: Homily for the 5th Sunday OT 2026

Posted on February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 by Father Albert

5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A February 8, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville N.B. Technical difficulties during streaming mean the video is broken up and incomplete. https://youtu.be/uTQDN-xeZLM Audio Re-recorded: In 1835, a New York City printer named Jared Bell used his equipment to print an image on a special cloth-based paper that was 6 feet wide and 8 feet high. The specialized paper meant the image was durable enough to stay outside for a long time, thus marking the first ever modern billboard advertisement. Jared Bell used this cutting-edge marketing technology to advertise Barnum & Bailey’s circus....Read More

Beyond The Way of All Flesh: Homily for St. Agatha, VC School Mass

Posted on February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 by Father Albert

Thursday, Week 4 OT (St. Agatha) February 5, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/q9o9fzR-g7Y “I am going the way of all flesh.” When King David says that to his son Solomon, he means he is going to die. But the way he expresses that is important for us to understand. Death really is the way of all flesh. Everyone dies eventually. King Solomon is a legendary king, but he’s dead now. The 12 apostles that Jesus sends out? All dead. The people they healed, the ones they delivered from demons? All dead. When we really think about...Read More

The Water of the Temple: Homily for the Anniversary of the Dedication of St. Mary Magdalen Church

Posted on February 2, 2026February 1, 2026 by Father Albert

Anniversary of the Church's Dedication January 31, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/UX7mVfx6Cmo It’s about the water, you know. For us, at least… for our earthly building, this glorious temple to God called St. Mary Magdalen Church, it is about the water flowing to the right side of the temple, the water that makes polluted water fresh, that gives life to plant and animal, the water that so enriches the trees it nourishes, their fruit in unfailing food and their leaves perfect medicine. What do I mean? I mean grace, of course. This building, this temple truly is...Read More

A Heavenly Hunger: Homily for the 4th Sunday OT 2026

Posted on February 1, 2026February 1, 2026 by Father Albert

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A February 1, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/DAKE9jarScg Are you unsatisfied? Is something missing, something not quite right? Do you often wake up or fall asleep with the nagging sense that there’s something you want but don’t yet have? Like maybe you’re hungry, but not quite sure if it’s real hunger or just boredom… that you don’t even know what you want to eat? And after the late-night snack or the early morning breakfast, does that vacancy, that subtle emptiness still tug at the edge of your mind? Good. If any...Read More

Education of the Heart: Homily for Catholic Schools Week 2026

Posted on January 27, 2026January 27, 2026 by Father Albert

Tuesday Week 3 OT Catholic Schools Week January 27, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert Vermilion Catholic, Abbeville “Then David came dancing before the Lord with abandon.” When is the last time you danced with abandon? The last time you got so excited about something you completely let loose and celebrated without caring about how you looked or what others might think? I don’t often let loose in that kind of way. I think of the first time I got a deer while hunting and I simply shouted with joy right there on the spot. I think of running down...Read More

The Call of the Light: Homily for the 3rd Sunday OT 2026

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

3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, A January 25, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/hAUKlxBw3kY “What can we do? What can I do?” Maybe you’ve asked that question a few times this month. From international anxiety over Venezuela and Greenland to ongoing unrest in Minnesota to the disturbing allegations of abuse in our own diocese, there are a lot of reasons to be worried or even feel powerless. Perhaps you identify with that description of Zebulun and Naphtali in Isaiah. Perhaps you feel like a people who “sit in darkness” and like “those dwelling in a land overshadowed...Read More

Making Peace for Life: Homily for VC Pro-Life Mass 2026

Posted on January 15, 2026January 15, 2026 by Father Albert

Pro-life Mass (Peace & Justice) January 15, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/VFEnWw-Y-FY “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” What, I wonder, do you imagine when I describe a person as a “peacemaker?” Someone who gets along with everyone? St. James the Apostle in our second reading describes wisdom as “pure, peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits.” So, yeah, gentleness, compliance, and mercy are all connected to peace and making peace. But St. James also says that peace has to be connected to righteousness. Then Isaiah the prophet says,...Read More