by St. Ann Staff | Mar 20, 2016 | Sunday Homilies
Before the reading of the gospel: It is not the first time that any of us has heard and celebrated the story. We know the players. We know the plot line. We even know the outcome – the good guys win. And yet, we still gather to hear and tell the story – to let it...
by St. Ann Staff | Mar 13, 2016 | Sunday Homilies
I grew up with voices in my head. Voices that spoke pretty loudly at times. Voices that tried to convince me of two very different things. On the one side, there were the voices that said: “You are a good kid, Bill Kempf. You are a good listener, obedient, respectful,...
by St. Ann Staff | Mar 6, 2016 | Sunday Homilies
I have always been a sucker for stories of people who were lost who then became found. Early in my priesthood, I somehow got on the mailing list for Covenant House, and their begging letters would always tell the stories of the runaways who came to the big city with...
by St. Ann Staff | Feb 28, 2016 | Sunday Homilies
Things had not been going well for Satan and his minions. They thought they had everything sowed up that Friday on the hillside outside the city of Jerusalem. But then, the impossible happened – that damnable resurrection and suddenly all their work was undone. After...
by St. Ann Staff | Feb 21, 2016 | Sunday Homilies
It had been a rainy morning. When the bus left us off at the base of the mountain of the Transfiguration, it was clear that the top of the mountain was shrouded in clouds. There is this harrowing taxi drive up the mountain (and even more harrowing coming down). A...
