Tag: Commandments

Hope Fleshed Out: Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent 2024

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2nd Sunday of Advent, C                                                                                December 8, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/XVSMWcTmRuA “I’m spiritual but not religious.” “I’m an open Christian.” “I am a spiritual person.” These kinds of sayings can be pretty appealing. For a little while, when I was younger, it was popular to be agnostic or atheist, to act like only dumb people believed in God or anything spiritual. Nowadays, however, most people are open to some kind of higher power or spiritual truth. The reality is that human beings need the spiritual. As soon as people start to...Read More

Being the Bad Guy for Love: Homily for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

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23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   September 10, 2023Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/LDdfIRPwomE There are many things I love about being a priest: Mass, confessions, baptisms, weddings, flying in a helicopter to bless the crops from above… the fun stuff that only a priest gets to do, things that help people, often in ways I get to see first-hand. It’s why there’s joy even in the sadder stuff like anointings of the sick and funerals. As with anything worth doing, these can get old and sometimes stress makes it harder to see the joy,...Read More

Facts or Feelings: Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter

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6th Sunday of Easter, A                                                                                               May 14, 2023Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/C2jvFoaZKcs “Facts don’t care about your feelings.” If you’ve spent any time on the internet or watching debates on TV, you’ve probably come across that claim or something similar. It’s this idea that the truth is what it is, regardless of our experiences and how we feel. People on the Right often use this kind of phrase, but there’s a similar claim by those on the Left. In their efforts to overturn a tradition or reject a certain heritage, they will suggest that...Read More