Category: Homilies

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Silent Night

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Homily for Christmas Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia, LA [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Silent-Night.wav"][/audio]   Silence and Darkness. For all the music, for all the shining gold and well-lit churches, God truly loves to operate in silence and in darkness. How do I know this? Because the two most powerful and important things He ever did were done in silence and in darkness. Most important of all was his death and resurrection, where he came back from the dead inside a sealed tomb in the middle of the night, with not a single soul as a witness. Second to that is this...Read More

The Art of Acquiescence

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Homily for 4th Sun Adv, Year B Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia, LA [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Art-of-Acquiescence.wav"][/audio]   With just a few hours left, are you prepared for Christmas? Gifts purchased and wrapped? Decorations complete? Lunch and dinner planned for family and friends? Now, what would happen if a royal guard were to show up at the door and announce that Queen Elizabeth was coming to your Christmas lunch? Or, if secret service told you that your favorite president was coming. Would you be prepared then? What if they not only wanted to visit, but wanted to move in and take over?...Read More

Seven Paths to Joy

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Homily for 3rd Sun Adv, Year B Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia, LA [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Seven-Paths-to-Joy.wav"][/audio]   Article for O Antiphons: http://familyfeastandferia.com/2010/12/o-antiphons/ O Antiphon prayer guide: http://familyfeastandferia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/O_antiphons_prayer_companion_rev2015.pdf ♫Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you O Israel♫. That joyful refrain is from one of the best known Christmas hymns in the Christian tradition. And it is a great time to sing it since today is Gaudete Sunday and that word means “rejoice.” And that’s why I am wearing this bright color, because rose vestments represent great joy. Twice a year we do this, during Advent and Lent. In both cases it is...Read More

Comfort, Comfort on the Double

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Homily for 2nd Sun Adv, Year B Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia, LA [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Comfort-Comfort-on-the-Doubl.wav"][/audio]   “Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.” Prophets don’t generally like to be rejected and hated. They don’t enjoy being the sign of contradiction and conviction. But, faithfulness demands they hand on what God says, not what they feel like saying. Yet, there are the joyful moments when God commands them to encourage and comfort. Isaiah is often filled with bold challenges and strong warnings, but here the prophecy is closer to what we’ve come to expect in...Read More

Pure As The Wind-Driven Snow

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Homily for The Immaculate Conception  Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia, LA [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Pure-As-The-Wind-Driven-Snow.wav"][/audio]   Why? Why do we celebrate the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary? I can think of three great reasons to do so. First, because the glory of Mary always points to the glory of Christ. It is fitting that the woman who is meant to bear God Himself in her womb should be without any sin or defilement. When something is valuable to us, we often adorn it or place it in something that is also quite valuable. Like diamond for an engagement ring,...Read More

Will This Be The Year?

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Homily for 1st Sun Adv, Year B Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia, LA [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Will-This-Be-The-Year.wav"][/audio]   Happy New Year! Now is a time for new beginnings, resolutions, and looking forward to what the future might hold. It’s the time to ask ourselves “will this be the year? Will this finally be the year when I get my act together, be the person I want to be, and show my friends and family the loving, generous side of me they never knew before?” What are your New Year’s resolutions? No, I haven’t got my wires crossed and I’m not off...Read More

Preparing for the King

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Homily for Christ the King, Year A  Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia, LA [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Preparing-for-the-King.wav"][/audio]   Jesus Christ is not our senator. He is not our president. His power over us does not come from us and it cannot be changed by a vote. Jesus Christ is our King. He is King of the entire universe. As Americans, as members of a democratic republic, maybe this is lost on us. President John F. Kennedy was the first and so far only Catholic president. When he first ran for office, a lot of Americans were worried about his loyalty being split...Read More

A Lover’s Trust

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Homily for 33rd Sun OT, Year A Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia, LA [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/A-Lovers-Trust.wav"][/audio]   “When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls.” That is the encouragement of Proverbs 31, our first reading. In fact, the whole chapter is famous for its description of what makes a woman a “worthy wife.” Immediately, we might want to object at the idea that a woman’s only goal should be becoming a wife. We might object to the comparison of a woman to jewelry or monetary gain, as if she were decoration or someone’s property. But, let’s...Read More

Be Wed to Wisdom

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Homily for 32nd Sun OT, Year A  Fr. Albert St Peters, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Be-Wed-to-Wisdom.wav"][/audio]   $35,000. That’s the average amount of money that Americans spent on weddings last year. Some people spend 100s of thousands or even millions. Evidently, we really care about making that one day special. And why not? It’s a celebration of love and a new life together! Now just imagine if you spent $35,000 or more on a wedding. Imagine that you had 10 bridesmaids whose only job was to show up in the right dress and walk in the procession. Imagine if five of those...Read More

What Makes a Good Priest?

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Homily for 31st Sun OT, Year A Fr. Albert St Peters, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/What-Makes-a-Good-Priest.wav"][/audio]   What makes a good priest? It’s a worthwhile question because today is the start of National Vocation Awareness week. It’s a time to focus on the Church’s need for more priests and religious. So, pray for more vocations. Ask God if he is calling you to one of these states of life. Ask your children or friends to ask God for his guidance in deciding their future. If you genuinely think someone might be a good priest, nun, sister, or brother, tell them. Then, be...Read More