Tag: justice

Pastor Column: The Social Question – Unions

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[Note: This is not the weekly homily.] This is an article from the bulletin of December 5, 2021      I mentioned two weeks ago that we’d address Labor Unions in the next article on Pope Pius XI’s encyclical Quadragesimo Anno. In the letter, there are a few places where the pope address the concept of labor unions. Towards the beginning, he mentions them by name only briefly. He again addresses the idea of unions later in the letter, but calls them “syndicates”      The first mention is in the context of lamenting that various revolutions and governments have forbidden Catholic...Read More

Homily for the Baptism of the Lord

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Baptism of the Lord, B                                                                                   January 10, 2021Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/zE_0KN67ELs “I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice.” Who doesn’t want that? Those who believe that Biden was lawfully elected want the victory of justice in having him peacefully take office. Those who believe the election was stolen want the victory of justice in having it overturned or redone. And both sides want the justice of proper punishments for those that they believe broke the law or violated the principles of our nation and the common good....Read More