Tag: John 6

You Have The Words: Homily for the 21st Sunday OT 2024

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21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                   August 25, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville N.B. This in the conclusion of a series on John 6. The series starts here. The previous homily is here. https://youtu.be/ej0u9IG-0Po “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” So we come to the crux of the Bread of Life discourse in John chapter 6. Last week Jesus insistently taught that we are to truly eat his body and drink his blood. The Eucharist literally becomes his body, blood, soul, and divinity during the consecration at Mass. A miracle and a...Read More

The Food of Love: Homily for the 20th Sunday OT 2024

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20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                   August 18, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville N.B. This is the fourth homily in a series. The third is here. https://youtu.be/ufO08G1JHTo “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” How indeed. Perhaps we’re so used to the idea of the Eucharist that we don’t appreciate the difficulty of answering that question. These crowds have seen Jesus heal the sick, cast out demons, and multiply food to feed 5000 people. He is obviously no ordinary man, but a miracle-worker and a prophet. Yet, as miraculous as those...Read More

The Work of Belief: Homily for the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2024

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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                   August 4, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                              St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville N.B. This is the second homily in a series. The first is here. https://youtu.be/03__dket1y8 Last week, we saw the importance of bringing our hunger, our desires to Jesus no matter what they were. This allows Jesus to satisfy, heal, transform, or transcend those desires. Jesus was happy to multiply the loaves and feed the crowds last week, knowing they’d be hungry again and that they’d follow him. This time when they come to him, instead of feeding them again he deliberately...Read More

Homily for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time: Eucharistic Coherence

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21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                  August 22, 2021Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/YgEbIEjTHfM “If it does not please you to serve the LORD, decide today whom you will serve.” For five weeks we’ve journeyed through John chapter 6. We’ve reflected on hunger and weakness and fasting. We’ve considered the limitations of this world and that we need to work at having faith to live from an eternal perspective. We’ve challenged the temptation of focusing too much on what we can get instead of what we can give. We’ve rejoiced at the promises of the Eucharist, especially...Read More

Homily for the Assumption of Mary: The Bodily Promise of Glory

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Assumption of Mary                                                                                       August 15, 2021Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/691Gxq-cc34 "From this day all generations will call me blessed.” So Mary proclaims in a moment of great joy. Indeed, we are interrupting our journey through John Chapter 6 to acclaim the blessedness of Mary. Why, though? Why honor Mary in this way? Because “the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name.” Yes, as always when we honor a saint, we are ultimately honoring what God has done in and through that saint. That’s truer of Mary than anyone else....Read More

Homily for the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Food Worth Working For

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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                              July 25th, 2021Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/bQM64w1JMeg “You are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled.” Is that what you’re doing? I said last week that hunger and need is good… that we actually should be hungry for what Jesus offers. It’s still true, but hunger can also mislead. This crowd begins with a willingness to sacrifice food to get to Jesus but ends up following Jesus precisely because he can give them food. That’s me! I have done that...Read More