by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Jun 30, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Patching the wall does not fix the broken pipe causing the leak. Keeping up with interest payments alone is not sound financial planning. There is a difference between feeling better and being cured. This is the point of today’s Gospel as Jesus encounters the...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jun 29, 2022 | From the Friars
When the Fourth of July comes around each year it is quite common to hear quotes, passages, and speeches that invoke the name of Thomas Jefferson the American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jun 29, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Most of the apostles and lots of saints have their own feast day, but how about the two most famous saints of the early church? There is February 22nd in which the Church celebrates the “Chair of Peter” the sign that Peter was the first among the apostles and the one...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jun 28, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Life is full of surprises – happy, sad, or terrifying. Some of the surprises are the result of how we have organized our own lives, like the sad socio-political situation in Israel in the prophet Amos’ times. Others seem to come out of nowhere, like the sudden storm...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jun 27, 2022 | Friar Reflection
The refrain from the psalm response of today’s readings is well paired with the first reading from the Book of Amos: “Remember this, you who never think of God.” In the first reading the prophet Amos is addressing the people of the Northern Kingdom of Israel during...
