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Why Bother?

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13th Sunday OT, Year B Alexander Albert St. John the Evangelist Cathedral https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/13%20Sun%20OT%20B.wav “Why trouble the teacher any longer?” The Court has ruled, the conservatives lost, same-sex marriage is legal – so why bother the teacher any longer? Why bother your friends and family? Why bother the government? What did your prayers get you? Almost every Sunday, almost every parish includes the government and our country in its petitions at mass. Did we not go before our Lord and Teacher, fall on our knees, and plead with him to come quickly to our country? How many of us thought that...Read More

Faith in Action

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Wednesday in 11th Week OT,                                   Alexander Albert St. John the Evangelist Cathedral https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/Wed%2011th%20OT%20Homily.wav             Faith is a virtue and a gift. Faith is not an arbitrary decision to agree with a given set of ideas, but it is a gift from God that is unearned and works by grace. It is also a virtue, a habit – it is the ability to see, to understand, and to trust things that are beyond mere reason.             Faith is supposed to result in actions – thats what virtues do. So,...Read More

My First Homily: Love Testifies to the Truth

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Pentecost - May 24, 2015 Acts 2, 1 Cor 12, John 15-16 Deacon Albert Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Church https://sites.google.com/site/fatheralbertmedia/mp3/First%20Homily%20-%20Pentecost%20Sunday%202015.mp3             Do the Apostles love the Jews? Are they afraid of them? What considerations fill their hearts and minds in today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles? What concerns press upon them as they stand before thousands of “devout Jews from every nation under heaven” to testify to “the mighty acts of God?” Today’s gospel gives us that answer. Mother Church has often used song as a means of adorning and memorializing truly significant words and prayers, so I chanted these words...Read More

The End Is Near!

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33rd Sunday OT, Year C Fr. Albert St. Peter Catholic Church, New Iberia [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/33_OT_C.wav"][/audio]   The end is near! The end is near! Repent now, for we are living in the last days! In all seriousness, however, we are actually living in the last days. Really, the last days started when Jesus died on the Cross. Every day after that is among the “last days.” For us, the time to get right with God is right now, not when we see some cataclysmic warning sign. That is why Christ is keen on telling his disciples that they will “hear...Read More