Reflections from St. Ann DC

Reflections from St. Ann DC

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Reflections from St. Ann DC episodes

  • Meet the Grandmother of Jesus: Her Life, Art and Teaching - by Natalie J. Plumb, Caitlin Greenhill Caldera and Susie Chorro

    In this episode, meet St. Ann, the grandmother of Jesus. Hear about the history of art depicting this great saint, prayers and devotions to invoke her intercession, and popular pilgrimage sites that honor her. We even tell the story of a mini miracle that happened here at St. Ann's: Parish patroness, pray for us!

    Speakers (in order of appearance):

    Natalie J. Plumb, Director of Communications and Youth Ministry, St. Ann Catholic Church
    Caitlin Greenhill Caldera, Artist, Art Consultant
    Susie Chorro, Director, Gold Leaf Studios

    We hear first of St. Ann in the non-biblical gospel of James. Childless after 20 years of marriage, Anna (as named in the book of James) and St. Joachim begged God for a child. An angel appeared separately to the two parents saying they would conceive a child to be called Mary, who was to be dedicated to God. Mary's parents were obedient and we have so much to learn from them and their daughter.

    57 min
  • 3. A Story from Msgr. James Watkins on Prom 40 Years Ago and Being Persistent with the Father - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Msgr. James Watkins tells a story of his childhood: Forty years ago, he asked a girl to his senior prom. He needed money in order to go. Watkins had to be persistent with his father in asking for help, much like we should do with our Father in heaven. This would be his only prom.


    This Sunday's Gospel from Luke 11 reads:

    "And I tell you, ask and you will receive;

    seek and you will find;
    knock and the door will be opened to you.
    For everyone who asks, receives;
    and the one who seeks, finds;
    and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
    What father among you would hand his son a snake
    when he asks for a fish?
    Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?
    If you then, who are wicked,
    know how to give good gifts to your children,
    how much more will the Father in heaven
    give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

    6 min
  • The priesthood of Christ: How we may encounter Jesus through the Holy Eucharist
    Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, year B. Hear a selection of our special Gregorian-Chant Mass along with Msgr. James Watkins's teachings of the oldest Christian order, the order of Melchizedek. Ponder on the priesthood that Jesus instituted for our salvation. Christ has set himself as the chief intermediary with God the Father, through his Holy sacrifice at the Mass in the Eucharist.
    16 min

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