Tag: Prodigal Son

Homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Valued by God

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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, C                                                                   September 11, 2022Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/2QF6BRcdTa4 I wouldn’t. Throw a party, I mean. If I were a shepherd and one sheep wandered off, I wouldn’t risk the 99 to go get it. It’s not like those 99 are safe; it says he leaves them in the desert. Who would leave their entire livelihood to rescue one lost sheep? That’s almost as bad as a gambling addiction that causes people to think “I lost some, but if I risk everything else, I can probably...Read More

Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent: A Home Worth Returning To

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Lent Sun 3, C                                                                                                  March 20, 2022Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/l7ghhJTgHao “How many of my Father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat?” So the lost son wonders to himself just before he returns. It is this insight that finally draws him back home… that shows us how, without even leaving his home, the Father rescued his son from sin. We know the demographics. We all have or at least know someone who has children who have left the Church and even who have left the family altogether. So often I...Read More