Tag: morality

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

Beyond Opinion: Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration

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Feast of the Transfiguration, A                                                                       August 6, 2023Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/6kYxVwOeO_0 “The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.” I hope you know that we really do mean it. The Psalm doesn’t say “the Lord is our king” or “the Lord is king if you accept him.” It says the Lord is king… over all the earth. I think we might have an American “freedom filter” in our brains that doesn’t let us register what that really means. We’re taught from birth not to impose our beliefs on other people....Read More

Pastor Column: The Morality of Vaccines

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From the bulletin of January 10, 2021      As Covid-19 vaccines are becoming more available, now is a good time to consider some of the controversies around their production. First, we should make it clear what the Church says about vaccines in general. As a scientific and medical practice, it’s not the Church’s job to judge their effectiveness on a medical or scientific level. Still, the Church’s job (and mine) is to teach the truth about God and about the moral life we are called to live. Inasmuch as vaccines are meant to protect and promote health, the Church affirms...Read More