Category: Homilies

Last Sunday OT, Christ the King, Year C Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CTK_C_16.wav"][/audio]   I. N. R. I. Iesus Nazerenus Rex Judaeorum. Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews. This is the king of the Jews. Bloody, crucified, gasping for breath, and mocked not only by the usual crowds, but even by the men undergoing the very same torment. Do you want victory? A marching army, bombastic music, and a triumphal procession announcing the defeat of our enemies and the arrival of lasting peace? Then you must see your king for what he is. And...Read More

All Saints Day, Year C Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/All_Saints_2016.wav"][/audio]   When New Orleans first sought to create a team to join the NFL, someone approached Archbishop Hannan, then Archbishop of New Orleans, to ask him about the name. They wanted to know if he would mind that they used the name the “Saints” for a football team. His response was simple “That’s fine with me, but remember that most of our saints were martyrs.” Indeed, for most of Archbishop Hannan’s life, his little warning proved to be quite apt. The Saints were notorious for...Read More

First and foremost, I greatly respect both Simcha Fisher and Mark Shea for the work they do and have done in the past. Generally speaking, they are great apologists and better writers than I. Many a blurb penned by their hands has enriched my faith and, often enough, made me chuckle. I have no desire to assassinate their character or to cast doubt on the sincerity of the support for the pro-life cause and the Church's teaching on the matter. Despite some problems with their language and tone from time to time, they remain valuable members of the Church and...Read More

29th Sunday OT, Year C  Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/29_OT_C_16.wav"][/audio]   War. We are at war. Like Moses in the desert against Amalek, the people of God, the Catholic Church, all faithful Christians must realize that they will never have authentic peace in this world. As Christ says in John 16:33: “I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble…” But, we have to live in this world, so what do we do about it? Especially with the election looming, we want to wish...Read More

24th Sunday OT, Year C  Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia   [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/24_OT_C_16.wav"][/audio]   It’s hard; watching someone you love make the wrong decision and suffer for it in the way that we see in the parable of the prodigal son. But we all suffer this fate in some way. Children, friends, siblings – there is someone in your life whom you’ve seen walk right into a bad situation and there was nothing you could do about it. Maybe you thought that it could have been avoided if you were just more loving or more aggressive or...Read More