by St. Ann Staff | Aug 12, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
Of the many memorable moments of this Olympic games, the story of a sprinter from South Africa by the name of Oscar Pistorius caught my attention. He made it to the semifinals of his individual event – the 400 Meter run. He came in dead last in his heat. It wasn’t...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 5, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
“Sir, give us this bread always.” Sounds like a great request. What is not to like about hungering for the Bread of Life? But at this point in the unfolding of the ministry of Jesus, no one, (including the disciples), was thinking about Jesus in the Eucharist when...
by St. Ann Staff | Jul 29, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
It is impossible to go to a banquet or wedding reception in our country without food being leftover. Running out of food makes the caterers look bad, the hosts look chintzy and leaves a lot of unhappy, hungry people not in the best of all moods. So there is always an...
by St. Ann Staff | Jul 22, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
Medical experts tell us that stress – be it good or bad, has the same effect on the body. It wears us down, raises blood pressure, decreases our ability to perform our daily tasks. But here is the interesting thing about stress. The body is unable to tell the...
by St. Ann Staff | Jul 8, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
Imagine how hard it was for Paul to say those words. “When I am weak, I am strong.” Paul was brilliant. Highly educated. Hard working. Physically – he was a tough nut – he survived shipwrecks, stoning, whippings, inprisonment. He was socially skilled – he could...
by St. Ann Staff | Jul 1, 2012 | Sunday Homilies
It’s the fourth of July week, and back home for me, Fair Saint Louis is gearing up. It attracts up to one and a half million people over the course of the holiday week. And it had been a mainstay of my 4th of July holiday. (not quite so much as I get older) I loved...
