by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 31, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation when the Blessed Virgin Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth. It is but one piece of the mosaic of this woman. Today’s gospel passage, the Magnificat is a mosaic of Old Testament quotations and allusions interpreting the...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 30, 2022 | Friar Reflection
“In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” – such are the closing words of today’s Gospel. Now I have the odd problem, but if people asked me if I had troubles, my response would be “No.” I recognize that such fortune has...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | May 28, 2022 | From the Pastor
At the end of a long project or journey, we often say that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Perhaps that expression is best modified for our pandemic experience with all the waves and surges of COVID variants. One needs to be sure there is no relative...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 27, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today there is an optional memorial for St. Augustine of Canterbury. I think it is good that we know a little more about our ancestors in the Faith – especially the missionary one. It seems especially appropriate here in the Easter Season when so many of our...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | May 26, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In today’s first reading we meet the Jewish Christian missionary couple Aquila and Priscilla. The Emperor Claudius had expelled them and other Jews and Jewish Christians out of Rome. Paul now works with them in Corinth because they all are tentmakers. This couple,...
