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...
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...
