April 2018 - St. Ann's Parish

Homily – April 21/22 – 4rd Sunday in Easter – Year B

Posted on April 25, 2018 by St. Ann's Webmaster

This day in the Church is traditionally known as, “Good Shepherd Sunday.” On this Sunday, we often focus on vocations. A vocation is where God is calling you. There is a universal vocation that is for everyone and it is our call to holiness, to be set aside for God. Then there are the common vocations of Priesthood, Marriage and Religious Life. These are the ways that we can be like the Good Sheph...
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Homily – April 14/15 – 3rd Sunday in Easter – Year B

Posted on April 16, 2018 by St. Ann's Webmaster

Over the last two weeks, we have been on a journey of learning how the Lord prepared His disciples after the Resurrection, how He showed up in and out of their lives and opened their minds to Scripture and today’s Gospel clearly affirms that. I mentioned that in order for us to live the Resurrection and be a disciple, we must meet the Resurrected Jesus Himself and that the principle way of meeting...
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Homily – April 7/8 – Divine Mercy Sunday 2018 – Year B

Posted on April 8, 2018 by St. Ann's Webmaster

This Sunday is the Feast of Divine Mercy where our Lord invites us to share in bringing His Mercy into our lives and into the lives of those around us. The feast and the devotion to Divine Mercy are relatively new but very necessary for our times. It is important for all of us to know of this amazing devotion. Most of us have a cellphone, we are keeping up to the technology of the world. Cellphone...
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Homily – March 31/April 1 – Easter 2018 – Year B

Posted on April 4, 2018 by St. Ann's Webmaster

In all honesty, I was not looking forward to Easter this year, I really liked Lent. I loved the time of preparation and I truly felt it should have gone for longer. At the Easter Vigil, we have a beautiful ceremony of the light and I loved the dark mystery of it all. I wish the darkness would stay longer. Then we say “Christ our Light” three times and the lights were on, Easter was here and our we...
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Homily – March 30 – Good Friday – Year B

Posted on April 2, 2018 by St. Ann's Webmaster

What is good about Good Friday? As I mentioned yesterday, it is that Jesus first celebrated the Passover and then He was the Passover. The first Passover was when Israel was enslaved and then after the meal they were set free and they went on to the Promised Land. Today in the reading, you heard Jesus drink the final cup of the Passover on the cross and say, “It is finished.” What is finished? The...
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