Category: Homilies

Homily for 5th Sun OT, Year B Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/To-be-Good-or-to-be-Holy.wav"][/audio]   [N.B. Homily is shortened due to in-parish Bishop's Services Appeal this weekend.] Holiness is not an option. Everything in heaven must be holy. In order to go to Heaven, you have to accept the Gospel. In order to fully accept the Gospel, you have to share that Gospel with others. And in order to share the Gospel well, you will need the authority that comes from being holy. Holiness is not an option. And holiness is not just being nice. It is not just...Read More

Homily for 3rd Sun OT, Year B Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Gone-Fishing.wav"][/audio]   Forty days more and New Iberia shall be destroyed! Like Nineveh, we are full of sin. Drugs, violence, theft, drunkenness, and lust all have a home in our dear city. So, maybe it’s high time someone walked through the city proclaiming its imminent destruction. Then maybe, just maybe, we would take our lead from Nineveh, proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth. After all, look at what Jesus is doing. In Mark, this is the first time Jesus speaks and what does he do?...Read More

Homily for Epiphany, Year B Fr. Albert St. Peter’s, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/What-Will-You-Give.wav"][/audio]   Merry Christmas! Today’s feast of the Epiphany means that the Christmas season is just about over, but it’s not too late for presents! St. Matthew recounts the Epiphany for us here, and it’s given us some wonderful traditions. We have king cake, a delicious reminder of the fact that kings from the east came to worship a baby. It’s also the very first time that Christmas present were given, so children everywhere can be grateful for that. In fact, some Catholic cultures wait until Epiphany to...Read More

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

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