Tag: Resentment

Expecting the Lord: Fr. Albert’s introduction to St. Mary Magdalen, 14th Sunday Ordinary Time 2024

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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                               July 7, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/3buILgR4pMM “They took offense at him… He was amazed at their lack of faith.” As your new pastor, I pray that does not often describe us! Or that, if it does, it does not come to the same conclusion. There aren’t exactly any hills for you to throw me off of, but I’d still rather not end up tossed into the bayou over something I say! Now, I’m not Jesus and I’m not perfect, so it’s possible, perhaps even...Read More

Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family: Subordinate to Love

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Holy Family, C                                                                                               December 26, 2021Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/dRPewa-4n48 What does the word “family” conjure up in you? Warmth? Safety? Stress and anxiety? Worry and loneliness? Sorrow and mourning? Family can put us through the full gamut of human emotion and experience. Sometimes seems like more trouble than it’s worth, but family is important. Jesus comes first, but Jesus also tells us that family is important both through his teaching in the Old Testament, through his personal example, and through the teaching handed on to us by his apostle, St. Paul. Some of you...Read More