by St. Ann Staff | Jun 10, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
The playing of taps as a military honor guard salutes a flag draped casket holding the remains of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. A funeral procession passing the firehouse with the huge flag draped between two ladder trucks, carrying the coffin of a firefighter who...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 3, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
America magazine had an article about the cosmos and recent developments in Cosmology – the study of the universe and world around us. The medium for the study of the universe is the light energy we are able to ‘see’ via the Hubble telescope and X-ray and Radio...
by St. Ann Staff | May 27, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
As you know, my family moved my mom into one of these senior apartment complexes the Thursday before mother’s day. That was the easy part. The hard part is going through nearly 60 years of collected ‘stuff’ – to try and figure out what to do with it. I have found a...
by Fr. Bill | Jun 19, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
An elderly, bearded gentleman, with a benevolent, yet powerful face and flowing beard. A Jewish looking man hanging on the cross, with body bruised, but spirit somehow intact and triumphant. A nebulous spirit kind of dove image. I suspect that for many of us, those...
by Fr. Bill | Jun 12, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What is the Holy Spirit trying to make know through you? If you have ever traveled to a distant country, you probably have seen this interchange happen. Someone is asking directions or ordering at a restaurant. When it becomes obvious that the waiter they are...
by Fr. Bill | Jun 5, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What is your favorite promise? We make lots of promises as human beings. Before a sports game, people promise to give their utmost effort for the success of the contest. Sometimes parents will promise their children a trip to the ice cream parlor if they have been...