by St. Ann Staff | Oct 27, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
Early on in my priesthood, I participated is something called Liturgy camp. It was a program designed to teach high school kids some of the basics about liturgy and liturgical planning. There was a lunch conversation where I playfully threw a little tidbit out there,...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 20, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
(Sing) Lean on me, when you’re not strong, and I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on. For it won’t be long, ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on… That song, by Bill Withers, captures something that is important, I think, in our spiritual journey. There are...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 13, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
I was the kid whose mom had to force me to sit down and write thank you notes to Grandpa and Grandma for the Christmas gift they gave me. It didn’t help that their gifts were usually the very practical stuff mom probably told them we needed – socks, scarves, and...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 6, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
“It isn’t much,” the young man thought, as he picked up the bulky, old, never quite in tune 12 string guitar, the echoes of the piano concert from the basement still ringing in his and the rest of the student’s ears. “How can these 12 strings and a five-chord song...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 29, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
This homily was delivered at the UMSL community at 8:30pm on 9/29/13. – Fr. Bill Our family was unable to afford comic books growing up, so I was introduced to them only in college, where two classmates had extensive collections. Superman, the Fantastic Four,...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 29, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
In my 28 ½ years of being a priest, this weekend is the first time an Archbishop has told me what topic to address in my preaching on a given Sunday. So I figured I better pay attention. He did not tell me how to address it. I do not approach the issue as a politician...
