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Pastor Column: Mater et Magistra III

Posted on November 29, 2022November 28, 2022 by Father Albert

[N.B. This is not the Sunday Homily. It is an article from the bulletin of Nov 27, 2022] We left off last week with the Papal teaching on a Just Wage. This week, we follow that train of thought into the teaching on the relationship between wages and profits. We’ve already seen that laborers ought to share in the profits in some way since it is their labor that produces them. Pope St. John XXIII goes on to say that “any adjustment between wages and profits must take into account the demands of the common good of the particular...Read More

Pastor Column: The Social Question I

Posted on November 6, 2021November 6, 2021 by Father Albert

[Note: This is not the weekly homily.] This is an article from the bulletin of November 7, 2021 Now we turn to the next important document from Pope Pius XI, called Quadragesimo anno, which is Latin for “on the fortieth year.” He we published it on May 15, 1931, which was the 40th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s letter Rerum Novarum. That letter, translated “on new things,” addressed the social questions that were arising from the industrial revolution concerning labor, human rights, and society in general. It is not that the Church never talked about social issues before -...Read More

Homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Dying To Live

Posted on September 12, 2021September 19, 2021 by Father Albert

24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B September 5, 2021Fr. Albert St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/hYROyU8uBj8 Can faith save us? By itself? No. The second reading ends before we get to it, but in the very next line, St. James says, “even the demons believe and tremble.” They know God is real, but it doesn’t save them. Peter has faith to acknowledge that Jesus is the Messiah, but immediately gets called “Satan” by Jesus. Why? Because he tries to reject the work that Jesus must do, the work of carrying the cross. Faith, in order to save us, must...Read More

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