by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Dec 31, 2021 | Friar Reflection
How did it all begin? We can ask this question about many things. The most important answer to the question of beginnings is that it all began with God. “In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth—and the earth was without form or shape, with...
by Fr. Lalo Jara OFM | Dec 30, 2021 | Friar Reflection
The world says that Christmas is over. Decorations are down in stores where there are the “after holiday sales.” Radio stations are back to playing only their regular type of music with no Christmas songs. On this Sixth Day of Christmas, for us who call ourselves...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Dec 29, 2021 | Friar Reflection
The gospel for today is one of my favorite passages: Luke 2, the Nunc Dimitis, or the encounter with Simeon in the Temple. The moniker of the passage comes from the opening words in the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible: “Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine,...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Dec 28, 2021 | Friar Reflection
The video above is a classic Christmas song known as the Coventry Carol. The carol was traditionally performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story the Gospel of Matthew,...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Dec 27, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Did you ever consider that as Christians we are called to write the Gospel of our lives? Gospel means “good news”. Our lives are or should be a Gospel, good news for others. The values we live, the moral lessons we teach our children, the ethical code by which we...
