Category: Homilies

3rd Sun Lent, Year A March 19, 2017 Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Will-You-Marry-Me.wav"][/audio] Will you marry me? This is the question that Jesus asks the woman at the well today. Jesus sits by Jacob’s well and talks to a woman. The last time scripture shows a man talking to a woman at a well is Moses talking to his future wife. Before that is Jacob talking to his future wife by a well. Before that, is Abraham’s servant who goes to a well to looks for a wife for Isaac. When Scripture shows a man...Read More

Lent 1st Sun, Year A Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Your-Battle-Your-Weapon.wav"][/audio]   1) You will be tempted. We face this battle our whole lives, so we should be prepared to fight. 2) We can win this battle. It is possible to resist temptation and avoid sin with the help of God's grace. To do this we need humility and a spirit of obedience. 3) We must know Scripture:    A) Not in the way that the devil knows it, but as it really is. Learn to read and understand Scripture like a Catholic.    B) It is imperative...Read More

8th Sun OT, Year A Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/To-Be-and-Not-to-Worry.wav"][/audio]   Do you exist? Then God loves you. God is the source of existence and God is Love. If you exist, it is because God loves you. And if God loves you, he wants to provide for what you really need and he wants you to be happy. The next time you hear that gnawing question in your heart: does God love me? Will God provide for me? Answer it with this question, do I exist? The answer to that q is the answer to...Read More

6thSun OT, Year A Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Love-is-the-Law-The-Law-is-Lo.wav"][/audio] “I am spiritual, but not religious.” Just look at the way Jesus treats those religious and legalistic Pharisees! Look at the beatitudes. Catholics shouldn’t worry about the rules because Jesus is all about what’s in the heart… and he’s all about mercy. Oh? Try telling a woman “I love you, but I’m not committed to you” or “I promise to spend my life with you, but I won’t marry you.” Is that really love? If someone chooses to believe that, fine, but is that what Jesus Christ taught? It...Read More

4th Sun OT, Year A January 29, 2017 Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Blessedness-Of-The-Gods.wav"][/audio]   Like a god! We could almost say that the word for “blessed” could be translated like that. For the ancient Greeks, the word that Jesus uses here – makarios – was primarily used to describe their gods. Only the gods were fortunate enough to be immortal, to be able to escape the inevitability of death and the sorrow it brings. Only the gods could be truly happy, fortunate, and blessed. But not so for Jesus. You have heard the beatitudes so...Read More