Reflections from St. Ann DC

Jesus wanted to give us the perfect gift. So He gave us Himself.

Jesus’ miracles point the crowds to his identity as the Son of God. We must interpret Jesus’ signs through faith, or we will not understand them.

Jesus is the one who can ultimately satisfy our desires, even as the world promises to feed us in other ways. As the world mocks the Christian faith, we are called to prayer and renewal.

What do we ultimately want? To be known and loved by God.

An attempt to find balance can prevent us from truly living in the way God calls us to. Jesus and the saints did not live with balance, but with radical love, passion, and ambition.

We are guaranteed to fail in a broken world, but God calls on us to try again and not be intimidated.

If we are truly attempting to live out our vocations, we will repeatedly fail. However, God calls on us to keep pushing through our failures.

This Sunday, Msgr. James Watkins reminds us how Jesus still performs miracles today, 2000 years later.

Msgr. Watkins reflects on the history of the incarnation, when Jesus becomes man. Jesus gets his human nature from Mary, and Mary gets hers from her parents Ann and Joachim. Let us reflect on this together, and take His humanity seriously.

"There are a lot of people in this congregation who are suffering right now," Msgr. Watkins said. "Don't dismiss it. Don't try to deny it. Don't try to make it go away. Give it to Him, right now, and He will take that faith through your weakness, and give you strength."

"He is moved by your faith if you're suffering."