Tag: Angels

Why Celebrate? – Homily for the Assumption of Mary 2024

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Assumption of Mary                                                                                       August 15, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/jwnk-iFshWs Why? Why celebrate the Assumption of Mary? For many reasons, but one above all: everything we celebrate about Mary gives even greater glory to Jesus Christ her son. Every Marian dogma, devotion, and practice is ultimately about Jesus Christ. Before explaining why, let’s answer what it is. The Assumption of Mary commemorates the day that Mary was brought into heaven, body & soul. Everyone else, when they die, leaves their body behind and only their soul goes to heaven. When Jesus rose from...Read More

Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter/1st Communion: Feed My Lambs

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Easter Sunday 3, C                                                                                                     May 1, 2022Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/lmOcV7lnrxU One Hundred Million. That’s how many angels John describes here. The second reading is from Revelation, where John is having a vision of heaven. Our translation says they were “countless,” but the literal Greek is “ten thousand ten thousands and thousands of thousands.” That’s at least 100 million. Of course, it’s kind of like when kids say “a million million.” What matters isn’t the literal number, but that it’s really big, countless even. What are all...Read More