by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 18, 2023 | Friar Reflection
We are nearing the end of the Easter season for this year. Jesus prepares his disciples for his passion, death, and resurrection in today’s Gospel by announcing that their grief will be changed into joy. The message and language seemed hard to understand for those...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 17, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The account of St. Paul’s address on the Areopagus in Athens is a masterclass in the evangelization of the culture – a skill surely important for our day and age. His arrival in Athens is, in its way, the introduction of Christianity to Europe. It was an event,...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | May 16, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s Gospel is one of the more difficult ones to hear proclaimed. It’s about judgement and sin. It tells us three things about the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will convict men, mankind, of sin. When the Jews first crucified Jesus they did not think that they were...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | May 15, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus promises to send “the Advocate,” that is the holy Spirit. The Greek word John used here is Parakletos (Paraclete). Sometimes this Greek word is translated as Advocate as here but elsewhere as Comforter. Jesus also refers to himself as an...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 12, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate mass with our grade school; therefore, the readings are different than those listed in the Roman Lectionary. What is the biggest miracle that you can imagine? Most of us begin to think of miracles outside ourselves in the physical word – like making...
