by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 20, 2022 | VOICE
Prince William County is experiencing a housing shortage crisis. As part of the County update to the Comprehensive Plan, the County consultants forecast a shortage of 19,000 housing units if nothing changes in current housing zoning and density policies. VOICE – Did...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Apr 19, 2022 | Friar Reflection
“I have seen the Lord!” In today’s Gospel Mary Magdalene proclaims this Easter message. There is good reason to believe that Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Lord, before any of the apostles. In John’s Gospel she is also the first to proclaim the...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 18, 2022 | Friar Reflection
“He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples”, such is one of the verses before our Gospel reading of this Easter Monday morning. This gives context and meaning to the following...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 15, 2022 | Friar Reflection
There have been many Good Fridays in the course of my life. I have heard the Passion narrative. I led the Passion narrative during Good Friday liturgies. Over the many years of Bible study I have covered the Passion narrative more than a few times. In the summer of...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 13, 2022 | Friar Reflection
The gospel reading for the Wednesday of Holy week is always about Judas and his betrayal of Jesus. The Gospel of Mark, for example, gives no motivation for Judas’s sudden betrayal. Matthew, writing a decade or so later than Mark, attempts to clarify things in his...
