by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jun 6, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate the feast of Mary, the Mother of the Church. It is a Marian feast added to the liturgical calendar by Pope Francis in 2018. Yesterday, on Pentecost Sunday we celebrated the birth of the church empowered by the holy Spirit. Each of us, through our...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jun 3, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Sometimes forgiveness is easy but sometimes forgiveness can be difficult or even impossible. Jesus seems to find it easy to forgive while still taking seriously the offense. Peter’s offense is that he three times denied that he even knew Jesus. Jesus forgives Peter...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Jun 2, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Animal Dreams, Hallie offers this advice to her struggling sister Cadie: “The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jun 1, 2022 | Friar Reflection
“…so that they may be one just as we are one…” (John 17:11). The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) para. 811 holds that the four marks of the Church are: one, holy, catholic and apostolic – each inseparably connected to one another. I would...
