Tag: Trust

What We Really Owe: Homily for the 29th Sunday OT 2026

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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                            October 18, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/KNSv9RoT6Ok “Taxation is theft.” Certain conservative and libertarian political movements – even some Catholics sometimes say that. And you know what? They’re not always wrong. Some taxation is theft. Sometimes a government is a bully with power to take what they want. Even if that’s true, you should probably still pay taxes. Why? “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar.” Remember, Jesus is God. God. Infinitely powerful, all-knowing, and infinitely good. God says, “repay to Caesar.” For a lot of people, Caesar was a corrupt bully...Read More

The Door of Trust: Homily for the 28th Sunday OT 2026

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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                            October 11, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/Vc1NZ_s-zck When emails, phone calls, and meetings start to weigh on me, I like to just walk into the cafeteria or playground at VC. Yeah, the hugs and high fives and excited shouts – “Fr. Albert!” – are awesome, but it’s also the questions. They’re often silly, but sometimes they are truly profound – the kind that explains why Jesus tells us to become like children… willing to ask and to trust Our Father with what matters most. One question I got recently from a 5-year-old...Read More

You Can Be Great: School Homily for the Memorial of St. Therese 2026

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Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux                                                               October 1, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                              St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/m7ErMAI8mOg “You can do anything if you set your mind to it.” Maybe they don’t say that anymore – I hope not – but people used to say that all the time when I was a kid: “you can do anything if you set your mind to it.” The intention was to encourage kids to do great things, to build their confidence, and inspire them to dream big. That was the intention. It was not the effect. The human race has more anxiety now than...Read More

Better Than We Deserve: Homily for the 25th Sunday OT 2026

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25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   September 20, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/KeTsb9J-QAc Jacinta and Marto were 9 and 10 years old when they died just two years after seeing Mary at Fatima. They are now canonized saints who enjoy the eternal reward of heavenly glory. Antoni of the desert lived to be105 years old and Charalambos to 113. Both men endured several decades of intense penance and prayer. Charalambos was even tortured and martyred at the end of his long life. Both men are also canonized saints who enjoy the eternal reward of heavenly glory. Is...Read More

If You Love Me: Homily for the 18th Sunday OT 2026

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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   August 2, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                   St. Mary Magadalen, Abbeville, LA https://youtu.be/8lNz9OUZfO8 “If you love me, then you would…” We all have experiences of people who claim to love us but then fail to act like it. We have all said we love and then failed to live it. It’s not about putting conditions on love, but there is room for putting conditions on believing someone when they claim to love us. When that claim does not match their actions they either lied to us, didn’t understand what they promised, or allowed...Read More

The Cost of Yes and No: Homily for the Annunciation 2026

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Solemnity of the Annunciation                                                                March 25, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                            St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/RldaNxT7TU0 If a known and proven prophet came to you and offered to do any one miracle you wanted, what would you ask for? Healing? A spectacular vision of heaven? Some impossible thing like the sun dancing across the sky? We know God can and has done miracles like that, so what would you ask for? When it’s hypothetical, I bet most of us could come up with something we’d ask for. In reality, however, many of us… perhaps most of us wouldn’t ask for anything. Why...Read More

The Breadth of Faith: Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent 2026

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1stSunday of Lent, A                                                                              February 22, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                           St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/q9cjTNgWNJ4 What’s the big deal? It’s just a piece of fruit. How can something as small as eating one wrong piece of fruit be so bad that it breaks the whole world, gets Adam & Eve banned from the garden, and causes human beings for the rest of time to become weaker, dumber, and doomed to die? Isn’t that a bit unfair? Apparently not. Because God is just. God is good. If God, who is all-knowing, all-powerful, and perfectly good says this is the right consequence, then...Read More

Faith, Gratitude, and Salvation: Homily for the 28th Sunday OT 2025

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28th Sunday of Ordinary Time, C                                                                   October 12, 2025Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/PeIKEth-UP0 A man was about to be late for an important meeting. Knowing that the right parking spot could make all the difference, he began to pray as he got close to the parking lot: “Lord, if you help me find the right parking space, I’ll…” Just then he spotted a place right by the door “nevermind, Lord, found one!” That’s a classic story of being ungrateful to the Lord, but let me tell you a true story of gratitude from my own life....Read More

Finding More Faith: Homily for the 27th Sunday OT 2025

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27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, C                      October 5, 2025Fr. Alexander Albert                                                         St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/ecVE1rJ4MGY “Increase our faith!” Ten out of Ten, excellent prayer, would recommend. Learn from the Apostles to pray like that. One man says to Jesus, “I believe, help my unbelief!” I try to pray that prayer every day. Faith is a gift, so asking for it is a particularly effective way to increase it. It also helps to remind us that it is a supernatural virtue infused into the soul by God. So, when interacting with those who don’t have faith, it’s...Read More

The Wealth of Judgment: Homily for the 18th Sunday OT 2025

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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, C                                                                   August 3, 2025Fr. Alexander Albert                                                              St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/rgCDUWrgduk “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Uh, friend Jesus, our Father did. In Acts chapter 10, Peter the chief apostle outright says, Jesus “commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.” So, is Jesus being forgetful or is he just trolling this guy? Actually, “trolling him” isn’t far off. If you’re unfamiliar, that expression is used to describe when someone purposely says things more...Read More