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

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

Weathering the Storm: Homily for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2024

12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                               June 23, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/1cz9ycTjZgQ Storms are bound to come. In your personal life, your spiritual life, in the life of this parish community, there are bound to be storms of many different kinds. Things are going to change in this parish – that is inevitable with a new pastor. Good, bad, or otherwise, I cannot say what all those changes will ultimately be. All I can say is you, for your part, must cling to Jesus throughout them all. That’s pretty...Read More