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Steps to a Good Confession

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In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason, he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance.--St. Thomas Aquinas Five Steps for a Good Confession Examine your conscience. Be sincerely sorry for your si...
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Advent 2017 – Make a Plan

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For a your own printable Microsoft Word version of this document: [wpfilebase tag=file id=209 /] What is Advent? Advent is the period of roughly four weeks before the feast of Christmas. We take four weeks to commemorate the four thousand years between Adam and Eve and Jesus. They waited for four thousand years, we wait for four weeks. The purpose of the period of Advent is to prepare our ...
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April 8-9 2017

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My dear parishioners and visitors: We are entering one of the most important, solemn and sacred weeks of our liturgical calendar: the Holy Week.  We come together to recall and commemorate the suffering, death and resurrection of Our Lord. I earnestly invite you, and through you, everyone in our community to come and celebrate the mystery of our salvation during the Easter Triduum: Holy Thur...
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Origins of Lent

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What are the origins of Lent? Did the Church always have this time before Easter? Lent is a special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation of the celebration of Easter. In the desire to renew the liturgical practices of the Church, The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of Vatican Council II stated, “The two elements which are especially characteristic of Lent — the re...
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Happy New Year 2017!

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My dear Parishioners and Visitors, ‘May our Lord be gracious to us and bless us‘ (Ps 67) We are now in a very beautiful time of the year: Christmas and New Year. It is a special time not only for our own human family, but also for the church family. I sincerely pray that all of us are abundantly blessed, not only with our own human family, but also with our spiritual family of St. Ann‘s. The ...
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Christmas Blessings 2016!

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My dear parishioners and visitors: “Today is born our Saviour, Christ the Lord” (Psalm 96). Christmas, the joyful celebration of the Eternal Word made flesh, is one of the most important and solemn celebrations of our Church. It is not a one-day-celebration, but a life-time-celebration to discover its true meaning, then to embrace and celebrate it faithfully and graciously with love and gratitud...
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Christmas Reflection 2016

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[one_half padding="0 10px 0 10px"] O COME, O COME EMMANUEL Our Advent prayer comes to an end As a joyous choir of heavenly voices welcomes the Christ Child LET HEAVEN REJOICE AND EARTH BE GLAD For the Christ-Child dwells among us. We have been preparing for the coming of Jesus this Advent Season. May our hearts now open to the New Light that shines through the darkness. Over 2000 years ago...
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The Liturgical Season of Advent

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The liturgical season of Advent marks the time of spiritual preparation by the faithful before Christmas. Advent begins on the Sunday closest to the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle (Nov. 30). It spans four Sundays and four weeks of preparation, although the last week of Advent is usually truncated because of when Christmas falls. (For instance, this year, the fourth Sunday of Advent is obviously o...
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O Cross of Christ!

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Text from the Pope's intense prayer after the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross)... O Cross of Christ, symbol of divine love and of human injustice, icon of the supreme sacrifice for love and of boundless selfishness even unto madness, instrument of death and the way of resurrection, sign of obedience and emblem of betrayal, the gallows of persecution and the banner of victory. O Cross of Chr...
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Happy Easter!

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My dear parishioners and visitors, “We are Easter People and Alleluia is our song” (St. Augustine). Easter has been always one of the most important and joyful celebrations of our faith. It is truly a very special feast-day for the Church and for the whole world: Because our Lord Jesus Christ had died but is powerfully risen! His resurrection is the cause and reason for our joyful hope in this b...
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