by St. Ann Staff | Jun 9, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
We hear our fair share of stories of people who have had a ‘near death experience – they have been declared clinically dead, but somehow, come back to life. The stories tell of them seeing their own bodies on the operating table or in the ambulance or the site of the...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 2, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
I am not a huge fan of McDonalds. Or Hardees. Or Burger King. Or any one of the hundreds of fast food places one can go to. I get that it is convenient. I know that one guy lost a ton of weight on a Subway Sandwich diet. I know for soccer moms and dads on the go,...
by St. Ann Staff | May 26, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
In the movie The Lion King, one of the more moving scenes finds Simba mourning the death of his father, Mufasa. In his grief, Simba has abandoned his homeland. Raifiki, the priest-figure, approaches the frightened Simba. Raifiki sings a song to him that Simba’s dad,...
by St. Ann Staff | May 19, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
Growing up as the 4th of 6 kids, I don’t know if I always felt I had an identity on my own. I was Fred’s or Joe’s or Denny’s little brother. I wore their hand me downs. Growing up in a neighborhood crowded with kids, we even shared the same friends. I grew up in the...
by St. Ann Staff | May 12, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
[Take out and show a plastic kite.] One of the sayings that we heard a lot growing up was, “It’s easy as flying a kite.” I don’t know where that came from or who said it first but they didn’t live in my neighborhood! There would be days when I’d see the wind blowing...
by St. Ann Staff | May 5, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
A few weeks ago, the Kempf family gathered at 7433 Brightwood Dr. to say “Goodbye” to our old house. We were finally closing on the house we grew up in, with mom well established at Our Lady of Life Senior apartments. So, before the new owners moved in, my family all...
