Category: Homilies

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Bring Your Baggage

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Father Albert

Homily for Divine Mercy Sunday April 8, 2018 Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia When you’ve been on a long trip, what’s the first thing you want to do when you get back? Perhaps you like to take a nap, grab a bite to eat, or just take a few moments to unwind. But what if, instead of all that, you were to go over to your neighbor’s house, take out the trash, mow the lawn, sweep, mop and clean up their whole house? Sounds fun? Well, that’s kind of what Jesus did. Jesus...Read More

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Disproving Christianity

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Father Albert

Homily for Easter Sunday April 1, 2018 Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia Christianity is easy to disprove. Or at least, it should be. Our faith, the whole religion, the entire worldwide, two millennia old Catholic Church rests upon a single historical fact: that Jesus actually rose from the dead. If you can show that Jesus did not rise from the dead, then we are a bunch of fools… two billion people radically altering their lives all for the sake of some supposedly miraculous Jew from two thousand years ago… that would...Read More

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What is Truth?

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Father Albert

Homily for Good Friday March 30, 2018 Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia “What is Truth?” Pilate asks Jesus this question and our Lord says nothing in return. But he does give him an answer, just not with words. Yesterday at the Last Supper, we reflected on the meaning of words in general and one word in particular, love. We saw that Jesus’ new commandment, “love one another as I have loved you,” is a deadly, but truly beautiful command. Today however, we will not go very far with words. Love, and its...Read More

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The Deadly Commandment

Posted on March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 by Father Albert

Homily for Holy Thursday March 29, 2018 Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia “I give you a new commandment… love one another as I have loved you.” This is a dangerous commandment. It led to the death of the one who gave it. It has lead to the deaths of countless millions throughout history. And if you follow it, it will lead you to your death. But I’m here tonight to say to you… you are here tonight to say to the world that this deadly new commandment is the only thing worth living...Read More

Announcing Salvation

Posted on March 25, 2018March 28, 2018 by Father Albert

Homily for Palm Sun, Year B March 25, 2018 Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia Tradition tells us that March 25 is the date of the Annunciation, when Mary agreed to be the mother of our savior. St. Augustine once wrote that March 25 was also the actual date of the crucifixion. That makes this Passion Sunday a wonderful coincidence. On March 25th, God offered to Mary the chance to be the Mother of Jesus Christ, the messiah. But, this required her to have a special share in Jesus’ suffering and death too. Now,...Read More

A Most Eloquent Sermon

Posted on March 19, 2018March 28, 2018 by Father Albert

Homily for Solemnity of St. Joseph March 19, 2018 Fr. Albert Catholic High School, New Iberia [Silence for 2.5 minutes] Did that make you uncomfortable? Are you afraid of the silence? Maybe it bothers you because you expect me to speak, to teach and preach and bring God to you. True, that is what I am called to do, but today is a fitting day to follow the example of a man much greater than I. What better day than this to quote St. Joseph, to let him speak first. And that’s...Read More

Under Pain of Obedience

Posted on March 18, 2018March 28, 2018 by Father Albert

Homily for 4th Sun Lent, Year B March 18, 2018 Fr. Albert Sacred Heart, Baldwin What do you hear? When the Father’s voice echoes out in response to Jesus’ prayer, some in the crowd thought it was mere thunder. Jesus tells us that this voice is for our benefit, but what benefit is the sound of thunder? God speaks in many ways, all for our benefit, but if we do not know how to recognize it, if we have not the ability to listen, then what good is...Read More

Like Cockroaches in the Light

Posted on March 11, 2018March 28, 2018 by Father Albert

Homily for 4th Sun Lent, Year B March 11, 2018 Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia [caption id="" align="alignright" width="320"] Photo: insightpest via Visualhunt / CC BY-SA[/caption] We’ve all seen it, when you turn on the lights in a room and cockroaches scatter to every dark corner they can find. They flee the light because they are afraid that we will find and destroy them. And they’re right; Most of us, if we’re not too afraid of them ourselves, will step on or spray any cockroach that...Read More

Consumed by Zeal or Stolen by Greed?

Posted on March 4, 2018March 28, 2018 by Father Albert

Homily for 3rd Sun of Lent, Year B March 4, 2018 Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia “Zeal for your house will consume me.” A mother protecting her children, an activist fighting for justice, an Olympic athlete with their sport of choice – these are all examples of zeal. But Jesus is zealous for what matters most: the love of God. His “Father’s house” is important not because it was a pretty awesome building, but because it was the necessary physical manifestation of the worship of God. But...Read More

Time to Adore!

Posted on February 25, 2018March 10, 2018 by Father Albert

This week, I have no homily to offer. The reason why is that we have started a drive to restore Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration to the city of New Iberia. So, we had a guest priest, Fr. Michael Champagne preach the value of adoration. Perpetual Adoration will start Divine Mercy Sunday and continue, every day for... well, forever. If you're in or near New Iberia and want to sign up for one or more hours a week, call St. Peter's and let us know. We're looking for commitments of 1 year at a time. The adoration website will be up and running soon,...Read More