Tag: Poverty of Spirit

Letting the Slave Go: Homily for the 23rd Sunday OT 2025

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23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, C                                                                   September 7, 2025Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/rHXETGJby3Y Let him go. Or her. Or it. Whatever or whoever you are most attached to, most in love with, most in need of… let that go. Or else, what? Or else you cannot be His disciple. For the disciple of Jesus Christ, it is only by renouncing our possessions that we can receive back something even better. We see an example of this in Paul’s letter to Philemon – our second reading. Paul is clever, well-educated, and a talented writer. He knows how...Read More

An Impossible Inheritance: Homily for the 28th Sunday OT 2024

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28th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                   October 13, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/KwXx1XgngWk “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” You know what? I think we know that answer already. Maybe the whole poverty thing wasn’t obvious to the Jews of Jesus’ day, but the saying “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit” has been around for 2000 years now. We know. Keep the commandments. Stop sinning. Live simply. Follow Jesus. Sure, the details can get messy, but the main point is clear. The problem isn’t that people don’t know the answer to...Read More