by St. Ann Staff | Aug 9, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Aug 9, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
I am told the experience of “crying UNCLE” actually goes back to the roman times, where one, when overcome by a bully would cry out “Patrue, mi Patruissimo,” translated: “Uncle, my greatest Uncle,” in order to surrender and be freed. (Why you...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 9, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
“I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully ade.” (Psalm 139:14) It only takes one trip to the hospital to grasp the truth of this insight from Psalm 139. We all ‘know’ on one level, the amazing complexity of the human body. But when we see people...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 2, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
It strikes me that there might be one sentence missing from today’s first reading. I know: “Who am I to think that I know that something is missing from the Bible?” But the Israelites had been wandering for some 40 years in the desert, so it sure seems to me that –...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 2, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Of Liturgical quirks and calendar planning.. This year, the feast of the Assumption of Mary falls on a Saturday (Aug. 15th). Because of that, in the United States, it is up to the local Bishop to determine whether or not the “Holy Day of Obligation” status remains for...
