Tag: Flesh

To Never Die: Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent 2026

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5th Sunday of Lent, A                                                                                 March 22, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                           St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/BiV4Z-EtgJg Usually, when a person shows immediate understanding or great faith, Jesus responds with joy, even exclaiming “what great faith!” We see this with the Canaanite woman, the roman centurion, the woman with a hemorrhage… And yet, when Martha says “I know [my brother] will rise in the resurrection on the last day,” Jesus doesn’t just affirm her, he pushes for more: “I am the resurrection and the life.” Why? In part, because he’s planning to do something much sooner than the “last day.” He will...Read More

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

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

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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