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Teacher, Teacher

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15th Sunday OT, Year C Alexander Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia   https://sites.google.com/site/fralbertstorage/recordings/15_OT_C_2016.mp3   What is that feeling? You know the one. It’s the feeling you get when you see a person get of their car and leave the lights on. Or when you pass by someone who is clearly struggling with something. All of a sudden, you start thinking to yourself of reasons that you need to keep moving, that you can’t spare a few moments, that whatever you just saw is none of your business and will probably work out in the end anyway. Is it...Read More

Throwing Stones

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Mon 4th week OT, Year II - Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy Deacon Alexander Albert Notre Dame Seminary   https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/Mon_OT_4-II_-_NDS.mp3   “He threw stones at David… he was always bruising himself with stones… And as they were stoning Stephen… he cried out… ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit…’ ‘he who is without sin cast the first stone.” So, why does Scripture love to throw stones into its stories? Why? Because you’d have to be stupid as a stone to commit even a tiny sin in the face of the almighty, all-loving God.  And yet, that is exactly what we do. And how...Read More

Shall we drink?

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Tue 1st week OT, Year II Alexander Albert Notre Dame Seminary “What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.” I don’t know about you, but I often wonder whether my preaching would produce more converts if I could just throw down a miracle when I needed to make a point. I often wonder about this as a pray with the New Testament stories of the miracles of the Apostles. Healings, exorcisms, supernatural knowledge, speaking new languages… Me, I’ve never seen… much less performed an outright miracle. This sometimes pains me and I...Read More

Whatever We Want?

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29th Sunday OT, Year B (Farewell) Deacon Albert St. John the Evangelist Cathedral   https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/29_OT_B_6.mp3   “You can do whatever you set your mind to.” Really? Is that true? This claim is made by parents, teachers, advertisements, and politicians throughout our country. Children are filled with this idea from the time they are very little and hear it repeated constantly until some brutal encounter with reality shatters this fragile illusion. Then they must choose between willful naiveté, cold cynicism, or a new-found realism. How few choose the last of these! I once wanted to be a fighter pilot and eagerly researched what it...Read More

A Bridge ‘For Us’

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26th Sunday OT, Year B                            September 27, 2015 Deacon Albert St. John the Evangelist Cathedral https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/26_OT_B_11.mp3 “Whoever is not against us is for us.” Not a bad rule of thumb. After all, it is pretty hard to make your way through life if you violently attack anyone and everyone who doesn’t live and think in a way identical to your own. Perhaps this teaching inspires Pope Francis’ efforts to find common ground with politicians by applying the Church’s teaching to major political issues. He has tried to go before them to say “you don’t...Read More

Does it look like nothing in your eyes?

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Friday of 25th Week OT Deacon Albert St. John the Evangelist Cathedral “Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?” There are some who look back on the “glory days” of the Church and the Church of today pales in comparison, it looks much worse off. Perhaps they lament the change in membership, in liturgy, in style or in some other way. But our Lord tells us today “take courage” because the whole world, and especially the Church are...Read More

A Merciful Sacrifice

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Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle Deacon Albert St. John the Evangelist Cathedral   https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/St_Matthew_15.mp3 Mercy, not sacrifice… what does that mean? If Christ says that, how can we Catholics make such a big deal out of the “sacrifice” of the Mass? No meat on Fridays, fasting on Ash Wednesday, penances after confession, saints who whipped themselves – it kind of seems like sacrifice is all over the place. Is this really a good thing if we have Jesus saying, clear as day, “I desire Mercy, not sacrifice?” He’s quoting Hosea, who is speaking for God. God quoting himself, Old Testament...Read More

Conquest

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Exaltation of the Cross Deacon Albert St. John the Evangelist Cathedral https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/Exalt_Cross_9-14-15.mp3 Our Lord is a God who loves a paradox. Death came from a tree, so he brought us life through a tree. Death came through serpents, so he brought life through a serpent mounted on a pole. In ancient Rome, Crucifixion was used to mock slaves who were too ambitious - it was a parody of being "raised up" as a King. Christ used the crucifixion to bring our freedom and reveal himself as the True King. The Emperor Constantine had a vision which told him that he...Read More

A Cross-Check on Your Faith

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24th Sunday OT, Year B Deacon Albert St. John the Evangelist Cathedral https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/24_OT_B_9.mp3   Have you heard of or seen the new, popular video titled “I’m a Christian, but I’m not…”? A few people explain how they are Christian but they tell us “I’m not like them… I’m like the world.” No mention of Christ, no mention of the Cross… “Get behind me Satan!” “You are not thinking as God does, but as human beings do.” So… how does God think? The Cross, the Cross, the Cross. It is the Cross for the sake of our salvation, for the resurrection, but the...Read More

Is Your Worship in Vain?

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22nd Sunday OT, Year B Deacon Albert St. John the Evangelist Cathedral https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/22_OT_B.mp3 Does Jesus have a problem with good hygiene? I mean, what is wrong with washing your hands and dishes before you eat? Or with the occasional “purification… of beds?” Surely Jesus doesn’t want us to sleep on sheets full of mildew and put our food on a layer of crumbs and mold from the last meal, does he? Of course not. These things are good in themselves and there is nothing wrong with doing them. But, Jesus has a reputation to uphold. His family honor is on...Read More