by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 18, 2022 | Friar Reflection
If you grew up in the South in the 1950s and 1960s and were Catholic, you were someone who needed to be saved, at least in the estimation of your Reformed, Protestant and Evangelical brothers and sisters. Anytime was the right time to ask “Have you accepted Jesus...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 15, 2022 | Friar Reflection
The first reading all week is from the Letter of James. Today’s “installment” is just one of many insights the letter carries about the human condition: “Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation” (James 1:12). Temptation: no one wants it, no one can avoid it, and it...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 14, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In yesterday’s Gospel Jesus declared: “woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation” (Luke 6:24). In today’s first reading James exhorts his brothers and sisters, “Those in lowly circumstances should take pride in high standing, and the rich one in...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 11, 2022 | Synod, Weekly-Email
Pope Francis has invited the Catholic Church throughout the world to participate in preparations for the next Synod of Bishops in Rome, in October 2023. What is a synod? Synod comes from the Greek word “to journey together.” This synod is a gathering of bishops called...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 11, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today’s Gospel contains the strange word “Ephphatha.” This Aramaic word is translated “be opened.” Aramaic was the language that Jesus and his fellow Jews spoke in their everyday discourse. Hebrew, which is similar to Aramaic, was reserved for religious services,...
