Tag: Anger

Worth the Riot? Homily for the 30th Sunday OT 2026

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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                            October 25, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/ZTYtQ-Dw21w What would it take for the people of Abbeville to riot? What would I have to say or do to make our community angry enough to run me out of town and threaten to kill me? Not that I expect such a thing, but whenever I look at the life of St. Paul, it makes me wonder what the modern-day equivalent of his ministry would be like. St. Paul was run out of town in Thessalonica – that’s why he wrote letters to them. Our...Read More

Expecting the Lord: Fr. Albert’s introduction to St. Mary Magdalen, 14th Sunday Ordinary Time 2024

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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                               July 7, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/3buILgR4pMM “They took offense at him… He was amazed at their lack of faith.” As your new pastor, I pray that does not often describe us! Or that, if it does, it does not come to the same conclusion. There aren’t exactly any hills for you to throw me off of, but I’d still rather not end up tossed into the bayou over something I say! Now, I’m not Jesus and I’m not perfect, so it’s possible, perhaps even...Read More

Good Friday – Part II of the Triduum: A Deadly Love

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Good Friday of the Lords' Passion                                                                 March 29, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/LOsXBjmKEJk Part II of a 3 three part series on the Triduum. Part I is here. Love. We’ve just seen love, continuing our theme for Paschal Triduum. Last night began with the “new commandment” to love one another as Christ loves us, to make others our “own,” invest in them, and serve them even though that leaves us vulnerable to betrayal. While that reality is heartwarming when it’s washing feet, it is heartbreaking when it means inviting those we love to crucify us....Read More