by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jan 31, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus comes face to face with a man possessed by a demon. Jesus cures the man by commanding the demon: “Unclean spirit, come out of the man!” Jesus heals or purifies both the man and this Gentile territory. This Gospel story is filled with signs...
by Fr. Lalo Jara OFM | Jan 28, 2022 | Friar Reflection
It is impossible to know how the desire for the Kingdom grows within us, but the Spirit does. We do know that God has placed a seed in each of us which is ready to germinate within us. The action of the Holy Spirit makes it possible for it to be formed until it grows...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Jan 27, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In Albert Camus’ iconic 1947 novel The Plague reads like a foreshadowing of our own tragic two years of the COVID pandemic. The physician at the center of the book, Bernard Rieux, battles the devastating epidemic day after day for almost a year. The escalating number...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jan 26, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In the traditional understanding of the parable of “The Sower and Seed,” the focus is often on the soil as a description of our hearts, of our openness to the word of God being sown into our lives. The soil/heart is described as a well-trod path, rocky ground, a...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jan 25, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the apostle. Paul was a zealous Jew who became a zealous missionary or apostle. In today’s first reading Paul offers his defense or apologia to the Jewish crowd gathered in the Temple as he describes his...
