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...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 3, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today is the Feast of St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr. We know more about the devotion to Saint Blaise by Christians around the world than we know about the saint himself. We do know he suffered affliction. Our first reading from Romans 5 talks about affliction:...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 2, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. As we hear in today’s Gospel Mary and Joseph, as good and pious Jews, bring Jesus up to the Temple in Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. As they present Jesus to God, the prophets Simeon...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 1, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s first reading is taken from Hebrews 12 beginning with verse 4. This long passage of exhortation that follows needs to be understood in the context of yesterday’s reading which included vv.1-2: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of...
