Dear Friends, This weekend we celebrate the 21th Sunday of Ordinary Time. In today’s Gospel Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” Then he asked them personally, “But who do you say I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” As we come together today … Read More

Dear Friends, This weekend we celebrate the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time. In today’s psalm response we hear, “May the peoples praise you, O God: may all the peoples praise you! May God bless us, and may all the ends of the earth fear him!” Fear in this context it is not so much fear of punishment but fear of … Read More

Dear Friends, This weekend we celebrate the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time. In today’s Gospel Jesus invites us to “take courage” and to “not be afraid.” The opposite of fear is courage, but to have courage we must first have faith. Faith comes through prayer and worship. We now have new office hours at the parish office for St. Ann’s, … Read More

Dear Friends, This weekend we celebrate the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time. We are reminded in the readings that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ who feeds us and gives us new life. May God bless and keep safe our elementary and high school students, teachers and staff who will be returning to school this week. Also … Read More

Dear Friends, This weekend we celebrate the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time. May God bless and keep safe our college students who are returning to school. Just one more week left of summer vacation for our teachers and elementary and high school students. Make it a great week! In today’s second reading Saint Paul reminds the Christian community in Rome … Read More