by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 13, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The first reading today is from Genesis 4 and tells the well-known story of Cain and Abel. Did you notice that the whole idea of bringing an offering to God is Cain’s idea; Abel just follows along. Nonetheless, God’s reaction to Cain is unexpected, unexplained and...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Feb 9, 2023 | Friar Reflection
What today’s Gospel tells us about Jesus and the challenge for us: As we hear the Gospel proclaimed we see that Jesus is in Gentile territory. Did he do this on purpose? The previous incident shows Jesus wiping out the distinction between clean and unclean foods....
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 8, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The first reading today continues in the Book of Genesis where we read: “then the LORD God formed the man out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being…” When this passage comes up in daily Mass or in...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 7, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The first readings from daily Mass for the first two days of this week are taken from Genesis, Chapter 1 into the opening verses of Genesis 2. It is a familiar story to all from children to grandparents and everyone in between. Some Christians take it literally that...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 6, 2023 | Friar Reflection
For the next two weeks our first reading will be taken from Genesis (Chapters 1-11), the first book of our Bible. The first book of the Bible begins, appropriately enough, with the “beginnings:” “In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth...
