by St. Ann Staff | Sep 28, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
(First, a short homily about the readings for this Sunday.) I watch just enough TV to know that the mid-term election ads are ramping up. Perhaps because I am becoming a bit more cynical or a bit more realistic, depending upon how you look at it, what I know is this....
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 21, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
(Or, in today’s gospel story, do you picture yourself in the front or the back of the line?) • “Check out my new ride. The insurance payment from the accident covered everything! It is so sweet! I LOVE THIS CAR!” • “It is so good to be dating again. It feels like it...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 14, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
It was a simple wooden cross that marked the far wall of the Trappist monastery at Snowmass, Colorado. It was about 5 feet high by 2 ½ feet wide. It was made of what looked to be oak. I didn’t think much of it when I first saw it in their chapel. It was plain and...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 7, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
I grew up next to the neighborhood grouches, as near as I could tell. In their defense, their house was sandwiched between a family of 8 on one side (us), a family of 5 on the other, their back yard connected to families of 9, 7 and 6 respectively. Perhaps because of...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 24, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
If you have been on any social media these days, chances are very good that you have heard this phrase, or a variation of it. “I challenge N. to either donate a $100 to ALS or to dump a bucket of ice on your head. You have 24 hours.” Former presidents have done so....
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 17, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
What could we learn from a box of crayons? Depending on how long you’ve had you box, you will notice that some of them might still be sharp while some are pretty used up; and a few are broken. There are all different colors, some of which have pretty unusual names,...
