by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Dec 6, 2022 | Friar Reflection
There are several lessons in today’s Gospel reading: The love of God is an individual love. Like any parent, each person in the family is important, each child. The parent will do all that is necessary to protect and save the child. So too with God. Every single one...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Dec 5, 2022 | VOICE
On Sunday, December 4, 2022 parishioners from St. Francis of Assisi Parish attended a VOICE Assembly in Reston, VA to advocate for additional funding for new and desperately-needed mental health Crisis Receiving Center in Prince William County (PWC) and increased...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Dec 5, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Who can forgive? Of course, all of us can forgive one another but at times we find forgiveness difficult if not impossible. Who can forgive sins? The answer, of course, is God alone can forgive sins so when Jesus proclaims, “your sins are forgiven” some scribes and...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Dec 2, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel two blind men cry out to Jesus; they want to be healed: “Son of David, have mercy on us!” Their cry for healing has long been a part of our liturgy. At the beginning of the Eucharist, we cry out: “Lord have mercy (Kyrie eleson), Christ have mercy,...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Dec 1, 2022 | Friar Reflection
It is easy for us throw back our feet and have an attitude of resting up. Often, we tell ourselves that we are baptized and that’s it. We think I have been saved and justified. We tell ourselves: I already recognize Jesus as Lord. As Catholics it is easy for us to...
