Tag: Selfishness

Tales About Time: Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent 2025

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3rd Sunday of Lent, C                                                                                     March 23, 2025Fr. Alexander Albert                                                              St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/0GLF7VVVSZE Once upon a time, there were two brothers who lived in a kingdom in the middle of a great desert. The king was a wise man who built his kingdom around an abundant oasis. One day, someone poisoned the water, so the king needed someone to go to cross the great desert and recover the antidote to the poison. The two brothers were well known as the fastest runners in the kingdom, but even they couldn’t make it across...Read More

Weathering the Storm: Homily for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2024

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12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                               June 23, 2024Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/1cz9ycTjZgQ Storms are bound to come. In your personal life, your spiritual life, in the life of this parish community, there are bound to be storms of many different kinds. Things are going to change in this parish – that is inevitable with a new pastor. Good, bad, or otherwise, I cannot say what all those changes will ultimately be. All I can say is you, for your part, must cling to Jesus throughout them all. That’s pretty...Read More