Tag: Jealousy

Better Than We Deserve: Homily for the 25th Sunday OT 2026

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25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   September 20, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/KeTsb9J-QAc Jacinta and Marto were 9 and 10 years old when they died just two years after seeing Mary at Fatima. They are now canonized saints who enjoy the eternal reward of heavenly glory. Antoni of the desert lived to be105 years old and Charalambos to 113. Both men endured several decades of intense penance and prayer. Charalambos was even tortured and martyred at the end of his long life. Both men are also canonized saints who enjoy the eternal reward of heavenly glory. Is...Read More

Jealous for Salvation: Homily for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time

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20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   August 20, 2023Fr. Alexander Albert                                                              St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/A7z5KmsFjZs To be Catholic is to live in tension… to be in the world but not of the world. The more we live our faith, the more we should love the people around us. At the same time, the more we live this out, the more we are opposed to the falsehoods and sins of those same people. While growing in our love of others, we simultaneously grow in ways that put us in conflict with them. That tension can be difficult...Read More