Category: Homilies

The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time                                   September 16, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia  Jesus tells us many comforting things – God loves us, He wants to provide for what we truly need, we can be forgiven – this teaching, however, takes a different approach. “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” We like to hear the other stuff and most people like to believe it. But what about this one. Do you wish to “come after” Jesus and are you willing to carry a...Read More

The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                September 9, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia  Some of my favorite videos on the internet are the ones that show somebody experiencing something for the first time. A few such videos feature Cochlear implants and lets you see what it’s like for someone hear for the first time in their life. Put yourself in that place. Never knowing sound and then… *snap* sound rushes in and a whole new dimension of reality becomes available to you. You know what happens almost every time? The person lights...Read More

The Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                  August 26, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                    Sacred Heard, Broussard, LA N.B. The ending of the recording is from the end of Mass when I address the scandal in the Church  “This saying is hard, who can accept it!” Which saying, exactly, is so hard to accept? The Jews in the Gospel are talking about the Eucharist, but there is another saying in our readings today that is probably just as hard, if not even harder for modern Catholics to accept. I’m talking about the opening lines for our second...Read More

The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time    Liturgy Cat./ Abuse remarks     August 19, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia  I will continue our Catechetical series on the Mass, but first, I have to say something. If you haven’t heard, this past week the Pennsylvania Grand Jury released a massive 900-page report on the abuse of children by priests in the Church in the state of Pennsylvania. It implicates many people over a long period of time, including powerful leaders and bishops in the Church. It. Is. Horrifying. Some of it is probably inaccurate, but enough is true...Read More

The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time      Liturgy Catechesis                  August 12, 2018 Fr. Albert                                                                                            St. Peter’s, New Iberia   Picking up from last week, we are going to continue our walk through the Mass starting with the Sign of the Cross and going up through the creed. Mass officially begins with the Sign of the Cross. Although this is a routine gesture, it is actually a very rich symbolic and sacramental action and could probably fill a whole homily by itself. It refers to the Trinity as a reminder that everything ultimately starts with the Trinity who created...Read More