Tag: St. Augustine

The Restless Heart Made Strong: Homily for School Mass Aug 28 2025

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Thurs, Week 21 OT - I                       St. Augustine                                      August 28, 2025Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/NmvMULMh9Lo “What are you looking for?” Sometimes in confession, I ask that question of the person confessing. Especially when their sins seem to involve chasing thrills or pleasures, I want them to reflect on what they thought they would get our of committing those particular sins. Today is the memorial of St. Augustine, one of the greatest saints of the Church and one of the most significant figures of human history. Why is he so great? Because he went looking, seeking,...Read More

Shepherds and Gunmen: Homily for 4th Sunday of Easter, 2025

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4th Sunday of Easter, C May 11, 2025Crisis Anniversary, New Pope, Good Shepherd SundayFr. Alexander Albert                                                          St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/Q4ZzzNKinlw “With you I am a Christian, for you a bishop.” This is the quote our new Pope, Leo XIV used in his opening address. He’s quoting St. Augustine and the original context for it is even more amazing. When St. Augustine first said those words, he was afraid. The full quote is “What I am for you terrifies me; what I am with you consoles me. For you I am a bishop; but with you I am a...Read More

Uncomfortable Mercy: Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent 2025

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5th Sunday of Lent, C                                                                                      April 6, 2025Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/1qiAE8QwpbE Let’s talk a little inside baseball on scripture today. You see, most scripture scholars think this story of the woman caught in adultery was not originally in John’s Gospel. Why? Because it isn’t in some of the oldest copies of the bible we have, from around 400 A.D. Where it does show up, it’s in different places or in another gospel, which kind of gives the impression that people who added it in later on didn’t know where to...Read More