by St. Ann Staff | Sep 8, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
What king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? It is disconcerting, isn’t it, to hear those words of today’s gospel against the...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 1, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
Do you conduct your affairs with humility? I came across a poem in my reading this week. It says quite simply: Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth: You owe me. Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. (2X) Like Jesus’...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 25, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
There are sometimes when I wish I was God, or minimally, that I had Jesus’ power to heal the sick. The most recent time was this Friday during one of my communion calls. There is a woman there whom I have brought communion to for a few years now. She looks at me, her...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 18, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
Two reporters had an interesting conversation on the ledge of the 37th floor of a building under construction. They had been invited there by the company’s marketing team to cover the progress of a new skyscraper. It was to connect to a building across the street. The...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 11, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
A few years ago, at the Christian Family Camp that I returned from last week, the theme centered around being a leader after the heart of Jesus. In a small group following the session, a man named Paul Staelens said an insightful thing for me. “Prayer and Leadership...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 4, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
Edward Hayes tells the story of “The Magic Folger’s Coffee Can” in his book “The Ethiopian Tattoo Shop.” The short version of the story begins with a young boy, whose whole world was his imagination, piloting his pirate’s ship – a small stick floating willy-nilly down...
