Paying Heaven’s Debt: Homily for the 24th Sunday OT 2026

24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                  September 13, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/82kj-WxMJP8 Imagine for a moment that you were put in charge of the new spaceport being built in Pecan Island, overseeing billions of dollars of construction. Succeed and you’ll travel to the stars in splendor. Mess it up, though, and you’ll owe all that money back. Now, imagine that you get in over your head. You get careless and the whole thing blows up and it’s definitely your fault. You are now 10 billion dollars in debt. How would you pay it back? What...Read More

The Heavens Proclaim Your Glory: Invocation for SpaceX Louisiana Announcement

https://youtu.be/2xkMQRz-FDM In the eighth psalm, the Church prays, “When I see the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars which you arranged, what is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you care for him? Yet you have made him little less than a god; with glory and honor you crowned him, gave him power over the works of your hands, put all things under his feet.” From when the first man gazed in wonder at the stars unto today, Lord, humanity has marveled at the glories of the universe you have made. Yet,...Read More

To Touch The Sky: Homily for the Feast of Pentecost 2026

Pentecost, A                                                                                                    May 24, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/vA2qnc-syaI “They gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.” Why is it confusing to hear someone speak your native language? Shouldn’t that make things less confusing? Apparently not for this crowd. Nor is it really any different today. You can find a sub-genre of prank videos where someone is talking to people from another country in English before switching to fluently speaking the native language of the other person. Every time, the...Read More