Reflections from St. Ann DC

Reflections from St. Ann DC

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  • 8. Get to Know Jesus: Body to Body, Blood to Blood - A Msgr. James Watkins Homily

    We hear from Jesus in today's Gospel in Luke 13 that some people will hear "I do not know you; depart from me..." when attempting to enter heaven. How can we be sure that Jesus will "know" us when we want to enter His Kingdom at the end of our lives? How can we develop a personal relationship with Christ here and now? Msgr. James Watkins explains in today's homily on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    17 min
  • 7. Jesus Came to Establish “Division, Not Peace” and a “House Divided”? - the Gospel Explained

    This Gospel message sounds weird to our ears. Msgr. James Watkins explains in this homily on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time what Jesus is trying to tell us in the Luke 12 Gospel, verses 49-53:

    Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.’”

    12 min
  • 6. The Fascinating Dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary - A Homily by Msgr. James Watkins
    There are only two infallible dogma in the history of the Catholic Church proclaimed by the Catholic Church. The first is the Immaculate Conception, proclaimed on December 8, 1854 by Pius IX. The second infallible dogma is the Assumption. On November 1, 1950, Pius XII declared the dogma of the Virgin being assumed, Body and Soul, into heavenly glory.
    Both infallible dogma are about Mary. This is fascinating. But why?
    8 min
  • 5. Time: A Gift, Our Treasure - Msgr. James Watkins' Homily on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Msgr. James Watkins explains what it means to "be ready" and the precious gift of time.

    Gospel of Luke 12:

    Jesus said to his disciples:

    “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock,
    for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
    Sell your belongings and give alms.
    Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out,
    an inexhaustible treasure in heaven
    that no thief can reach nor moth destroy.
    For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.

    “Gird your loins and light your lamps

    and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,
    ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
    Blessed are those servants
    whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.  
    Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,
    have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
    And should he come in the second or third watch
    and find them prepared in this way,
    blessed are those servants.
    Be sure of this:
    if the master of the house had known the hour
    when the thief was coming,
    he would not have let his house be broken into.
    You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect,
    the Son of Man will come.” 

    9 min
  • 4. Workaholics, Vacation, People, Places and Things: Msgr. James Watkins Tackles 'Greed' - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily

    Beginning with a prayer for the victims of the mass shootings this weekend in El Pasos, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Msgr. James Watkins explains today's readings - "Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!" (Ecclesiastes 1) - in light of our own struggles with busyness, exhaustion, and making people, places and things "deities," when they possess us more than we possess them.

    18 min

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