by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Nov 17, 2022 | Friar Reflection
There is a lot of weeping in today’s readings. John weeps in his vision because there is no one to open the scrolls of the Word of God. It must have been deeply disturbing for John to see the Word of God being offer but at the same time no one worthy to open the...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Nov 16, 2022 | Friar Reflection
This is the last week of the Church’s liturgical year. This coming Sunday we celebrate the last Sunday of the year with the feast of Christ the King. Over this week and into the first weeks of Advent, the Word of God focuses on our Christian response to the end times...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Nov 15, 2022 | VOICE
Parity funding for the Prince William County Public Defender Office is key to a fair and equitable system of restorative justice. Low pay and heavy workloads make it difficult to recruit and retain high quality attorneys for the Public Defender’s Office. Currently...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Nov 15, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In today’s first reading we again read from the Revelation. It is an early section in the scripture referred to as Letters to the Churches of Asia (1:4–3:22). Part of today’s text is the Letter to the community of Laodicea. The city was founded by Antiochus II...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Nov 14, 2022 | Friar Reflection
The gospel today is Luke’s account of the blind man on the roadside who cries out: “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” The underlying word is eléos – I don’t know why they translate it as “pity” – the meaning is “to show mercy,” indicating a response roused by an...
