Category: Homilies

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Put Me In, Coach: Homily for the 20th Sunday OT 2026

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20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   August 16, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                   St. Mary Magadalen, Abbeville, LA https://youtu.be/PKGsXlQav88 Here’s a modern day parable. A football coach was leading practice when a soccer player approached and said, “please help me be a better athlete.” The coach ignored him, focusing on leading passing drills. The soccer player kept insisting until the football players complained he was getting in the way. So the coach said to the soccer player, “I’m here to help my players get better at catching the ball, I can’t waste time on some foot lover.” The soccer...Read More

Loved to the Max: Homily for VC’s Opening Mass 2026

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Memorial, St. Maximilian Kolbe                                                                   August 14, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                              Vermilion Catholic, Abbeville https://youtu.be/OPrEYfMIRwc Parents & grandparents, if your child or grandchild was in danger and the only way to save them would mean you had to die… would you do it? Would you trade your life for theirs? Students, raise your hand if you have younger brother or sister. Don’t raise your hand for this one, but think about this: would you trade your life to save your younger sibling? People, would you trade your life for your best friend? For your neighbor? Would you trade your...Read More

Love That Believes: Homily for the 19th Sunday OT 2026

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19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   August 9, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                   St. Mary Magadalen, Abbeville, LA https://youtu.be/19d4nHV-1E8 “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Because it’s kinda crazy to be walking on water, Jesus, that’s why! Like, it’s one thing to watch you heal people and do miracles. It doesn’t stretch our minds too much to say “okay, Jesus is special and has miraculous power, so of course he can heal people.” It’s quite a different thing to be standing on water in the middle of a storm! How does that even work? Were his...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

Worth It: Homily for the 17th Sunday OT 2026

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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   July 26, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                   St. Mary Magadalen, Abbeville, LA https://youtu.be/l7tpqzU2ojc “Worth it!” That’s what I said when I got off the record-breaking roller coaster Steel Vengeance. Despite the annoyance of traveling to Ohio, despite the cost of the tickets, and despite the hours of waiting in line, it was “worth it.” That’s a fairly insignificant example the fact that the good things in life often cost us something. Jesus is tapping into that common human experience to make his point about the kingdom of heaven. The pearl of great price,...Read More

Our Transfigured Sister: Homily for Mary Magdalen’s Patronal Feast 2026

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Solemnity of St. Mary Magdalen, Patron of the Parish                                  July 19, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                   St. Mary Magadalen, Abbeville, LA https://youtu.be/ZcUhwWttMS0 The best day of my life was also the worst day of my life… if you can call that time period a “day.” It was more like a blur of three days where I’m not sure I slept or ate much. Reeling from a grace-filled decision to walk away from someone I loved and but still ensnared in a life I resented, I reached out desperately for mercy… and found it. Who knows how many nights I...Read More

Good Pope John, Atlas, and Jesus: Homily for the 14th Sunday OT 2026

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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   July 5, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                   St. Mary Magadalen, Abbeville, LA https://youtu.be/KgZ4tKC2slo “It’s your church, Lord, I’m going to bed.” Pope St. John XXIII famously prayed that prayer often when he was pope. In the Church’s understanding, a parish pastor only has to worry about a single parish. A bishop is responsible for a whole diocese, but usually just the one. The pope, however, is in some way responsible for every soul on earth. It makes me think of the titan Atlas from Greek mythology, doomed to hold the world on his...Read More

Hosting for Heavenly Reasons: Homily for the 13th Sunday OT 2026

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13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, A                                                                   June 28, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                   St. Mary Magadalen, Abbeville, LA https://youtu.be/fwLnWLQ7UDg Toys were on the floor, the laundry was in process, but not done… is it ever done, really? But the room was prepared and there was food. One night, we even ate leftovers. I was not seeing a façade, but their actual lives through real hospitality. I’m talking about my recent visit to my family. Between my parents and my brother, I was a guest for over a week. They weren’t worried I’d see the mess because I’m family and...Read More

Like He’s a Real Person: Homily for Trinity Sunday 2026

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Holy Trinity, A                                                                                               May 31, 2026Fr. Alexander Albert                                                               St. Mary Magdalen, Abbeville https://youtu.be/-oHpQzbhxJQ “Wow, it’s like he’s a real person now.” It’s the kind of thing you might say that about a young child you haven’t seen since they were a baby. It doesn’t mean the child wasn’t a person before, just that your experience of that child’s personality is more obvious. Some people aren’t great with babies because they don’t know what to do, but once the children get to an age where they can think rationally and talk and do all the usual human...Read More