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Five Benefits of Frequent Confession

Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

Confession helps us to better ‘know thyself’ St. Augustine and countless other saints and doctors of the Church talk about the importance of knowing ourselves well. Through coming to know ourselves better, we realized how fallen we are, and how badly we need God’s help and grace to get through life. Frequent Confession helps remind us to rely on God to help rid us of our sins. Confession he...
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Homily – 2nd Sunday in Lent – Year C

Posted on March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

This summer on my pilgrimage, I arrived at a smaller town with a big church, massive actually. Though it was massive and made out of craven stone, it was sad to see a tree growing out of the roof. I went in to see if I could celebrate Mass. When I arrived inside the church, I found it to be absolutely stunning. It had many beautiful altars that would make anything we have here look like first ti...
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Steps to a Good Confession

Posted on March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

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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Homily – 1st Sunday in Lent – Year C

Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

During Mass, suddenly a cloud of smoke and sulfur poured out into the entire church, and Satan himself appeared in all his hideousness. The people ran screaming from the church except for one old fellow in the back. Satan, in a rage, stomped up to the fellow and extended himself to his full height and yelled at the man, “Don’t I frighten you?” The man looked calmly at him and replied, “Nope, not...
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Homily – 8th Sunday Ordinary Time – Year C

Posted on March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

James Herriot, a vet and author, recounts the story of his first caesarean section on a cow. He had not been trained in the procedure in his education. He hired a younger vet, fresh out of college, and they visited a farmer whose cow needed the operation. Usually the cow would die in times past but the younger vet convinced James to try the operation. So, James decided to try and he said to the y...
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Homily – 7th Sunday Ordinary Time – Year C

Posted on February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

We are ten days away from the holy season of Lent. On Ash Wednesday we will hear the words you are dust o man and to dust you shall return. These words are mean to be sober and cautionary like a work safe meeting at work where we are reminded of all that dangers that are around us and how we may avoid them. In the second reading we are reminded that the first Adam was from the dust and the second...
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Homily – 6th Sunday Ordinary Time – Year C

Posted on February 17, 2019February 17, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

“Cursed is the man who trusts in mere mortals.” Wow, that pretty much sums up my whole life. It is amazing to think that all we have trusted in is a curse. Does that ring true in our lives? Have we only trusted in ourselves and our strength or do we really trust in God? If we trust in God, we need to surrender to God. The Beatitudes are commonly known among us. Most of us would be able to quot...
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Homily – 5th Sunday Ordinary Time – Year C

Posted on February 10, 2019February 10, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

I have heard that when the Beatles would appear on stage that many young ladies would scream and faint at their mere presence. Quite an interesting phenomenon when you think of it. The Beatles did not give out money. They were not going to marry their teenage fans. They mostly likely did not even love their fans. They did not feed their fans. They did not give them life changing advice. So what d...
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Homily – 4th Sunday Ordinary Time – Year C

Posted on February 4, 2019February 4, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

First of all, I would like to thank the people who built this church for not building it on a steep hill or a cliff like Our Lady Of Perpetual Help in Fort Alexandra is. It makes me feel much safer to be able to say the things that might be difficult that I have to tell you today. Can you imagine how mad the people of the Gospel were today? So angry, in fact, that they tried to throw Jesus...
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Homily – 3rd Sunday Ordinary Time – Year C

Posted on January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 by St. Ann's Webmaster

Law is relationship. When we dig into the idea of Law, it is really around relationship in order that people may have one. In the First Reading today, we hear how the Israelites, after coming back from a seventy year exile, are rebuilding Jerusalem. While they are fixing the temple, they discover a book of the Law and now they are reading it. They went into exile because they did not keep the Law...
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