My First Homily: Love Testifies to the Truth

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!

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