Reflections from St. Ann DC

Wisdom helps us better understand the ultimate end of everything we do.

Death is a commonly avoided topic in today's society, due to it seeming final and grim. Us as Christians know there is life after death. Purgatory is our opportunity to have more preparation to be in the presence of God.

We are all called to pursue holiness, which is a work of God in us, even if there is never an ideal time to do so.

This is your one task: love God and your neighbor. Do you feel that you do not know how to love God, how to do the one thing necessary?

The coin had the image of the Caesar, what has the image of God that we ought to hand it over to him?

Resurrection is the most important event in our salvation, and the cross is symbol of our faith. Cardinal McElroy speaks about how Jesus' suffering on the cross symbolizes that God loves us without limit, understands our struggle and takes our guilt and burden so we no longer need to suffer with it.

The Good News of the Third Invitation: all are invited, everything is ready!

Three considerations to overcome the temptation of thinking that life is outside of the vineyard.

Monsignor Watkins speaks on the importance of giving thanks, explaining how gratitude is a remedy to anxiety.

Our St. Irenaeus Ministry for Adult Faith Formation (SIM) launches its second year of bringing together adults who want to understand our Catholic faith more fully, experience it more deeply, and make it more relevant to our everyday lives. For their first meeting, SIM welcomed lecturer and pastor Monsignor Watkins to speak about “The Eucharist as the Perfection of Religion,” which was held in St....

Whatever "working in the vineyard" means for you, there are times in which we wrestle with God's will.

Two simple steps from the Gospel to combat envy.

Monsignor Watkins explains the parable of the workers in the vineyard.

Channels of Mercy – Fr. Joseph Piper Homily – Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday, September 13, 2026

How do I know that God is speaking to me in prayer, and it is not my own voice? Fr. Ivan explains in his homily.

Monsignor Watkins elaborates on the significance of titles.

Msgr. Watkins speaks on on the Lord's model of pity and the power of an openness to hear the suffering of others.

Think of your spiritual journey as constantly combatting heavy winds, and you lack the strength to fight. You must make a choice; focus on Jesus or look away to the storm around us. Peter understood the Lord was rescuing him, but he made the choice to divert his eyes to the sea of troubles around him. Taking your eyes off yourself and looking at Jesus, you can find yourself in peace and get throug...

Our Lord always knows what's best for us.

How do you balance prudence and boldness? How did Jesus do it?

Monsignor Watkins explains the parable of the wheat and the weeds, explaining why God allows evil to exist.

Monsignor Watkins speaks of the essence love in today's homily.

Fr. Ivan Pertine details the Importance of fatherhood and the value of fathers.

Why should we work with others?

Father Lynch speaks of his time missioning at the Lakota reservation. He reflects on how in the second poorest county in the US, he sees spiritual and lifelong change and how much of an impact the Jesuit mission makes in their lives.