by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 31, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s reading is from the “golden calf” incident recorded in the Book of Exodus. You know the story: Moses comes down from the mountain top carrying the 10 Commandments carved into stone tablets. He comes upon the scene of people dancing wildly around a statue of a...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 28, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s gospel was part of the Gospel for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time but it is noteworthy that there was a shorter and a longer option. The shorter included the parable only, while the longer version included our gospel for today – an explanation of the...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jul 27, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus addresses the first disciples and all of us disciples: “But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.” What is it that we see and hear? We hear the Word of God proclaim the mystery of God overflowing love and...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jul 26, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus tells the story of a farmer who goes out to sow. He sows here, there, and everywhere. Jesus, of course, was not a farmer but a carpenter, “Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary…And they took offense at him.” (Mark 6:3). Jesus caused...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 25, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s first reading is one of my favorite passages from St. Paul: “We hold this treasure in earthen vessels” (2 Cor 4:7) – also as “jars of clay”. It points out one of the great paradoxes of this life of discipleship: it leads to glory, but...
