Making Peace for Life: Homily for VC Pro-Life Mass 2026
Pro-life Mass (Peace & Justice) January 15, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/VFEnWw-Y-FY “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” What, I wonder, do you imagine when I describe a person as a “peacemaker?” Someone who gets along with everyone? St. James the Apostle in our second reading describes wisdom as “pure, peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits.” So, yeah, gentleness, compliance, and mercy are all connected to peace and making peace. But St. James also says that peace has to be connected to righteousness. Then Isaiah the prophet says,...Read More