Tag: All Saints Day

The Odds of Sanctity: Homily for All Saints Day 2025

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All Saints Day                                                                              November 1, 2025Fr. Alexander Albert                                                          St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/RjiaxZJncGA Saints are exceptional people, aren’t they? Heroic leaders, bold preachers, prophetic speakers, miracle workers, lifelong witnesses to love, brave martyrs… our spiritual hall of fame is full of some amazing people whom even the world sometimes acknowledge as the best of the best. There are an estimated 11,000 official saints in the Catholic Church, all of whom we celebrate today. But that’s not all we celebrate today. For all the ones we know of, there are far more we do not – some of whom...Read More

Who’s Coming With Me? Homily for All Saints Day 2024

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All Saints Day                                                                                                 November 1, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                              St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/wfpSmYsgF8c Epic. Or maybe you’d say “sigma.” Most people see the saints as amazing, “up there,” as heroes and legends and special people who do what we never could. And you know what? Some of them really are. Padre Pio could bilocate, read souls, and had the wounds of Christ in his body for 50 years. Joan of Arc led the French armies to victory in battle and bravely faced being burned alive by corrupt men. Francis of Assisi lived radical poverty...Read More

Homily for All Saints Day 2021: To Ascend the Mountain

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All Saints Day                                                                                                 November 1, 2021Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/Y-Gh-k4lSQk “Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD? or who may stand in his holy place?” So our psalm asks… it’s a version of the question “who goes to heaven?” Fitting on All Saints Day, the day we celebrate all those who have gone to heaven, whether we know their name or not. This is a day of joy, of celebration, of victory, of thanksgiving… the very meaning of the word Eucharist. Yet, it is also a day of wondering, “what will it take for...Read More