by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 19, 2022 | Synod, Weekly-Email
Last week we announced that we are holding listening sessions as part of Pope Francis’ call to be a listening community of faith. It is part of “journeying together” the very meaning of the word “synod.” This Synod is a unique gift for our local Church. It is a gift...
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. Lalo Jara OFM | Feb 17, 2022 | Parish Blog
It is said that on a certain occasion a homeless man entered a church with his bottle of wine, his old clothes, and his badly groomed beard. Upon entering, the person who saw him looked at him displeased, and invited him to sit on the last bench and in the corner...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Feb 16, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Some interesting aspects of the story of this healing. It shows how considerate Jesus was. He took the man aside from the crowd probably because He knew that He was going to give the man his sight and that the immediate recovery of his sight could be traumatizing...
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...
