by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jul 17, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus finishes the second of five discourses in Matthew’s Gospel. The first discourse was the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:28). In this second discourse Jesus commissions his disciples to go out on mission: “Jesus sent out these twelve after...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 16, 2023 | From the Pastor
Dear Parishioners, The time has come to say farewell. This is my last weekend at the parish. I leave for St. Bonaventure University next weekend and will begin my ministry on campus. I have already been involved in Zoom meetings with the President of the University...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 14, 2023 | Franciscan
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Bonaventure (July 15). In many ways St. Bonaventure is a Saint for the times in which we live – when divisions are ripe and the unity of a nation is being sorely tested. In the years while St. Francis was alive, the Franciscan Order...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jul 13, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Evangelization is a word we often hear today in the church. We are called to evangelize. The word “evangelization” comes from the Greek word for Gospel (Greek: euangelion, Latin: evangelium). In today’s Gospel Jesus sends the apostles out to evangelize, to proclaim...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 12, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In the sequence of first readings for weekday Masses, we have just made a huge leap from Jacob (Gen 28) to the end of the story of Joseph and his brothers (Gen 41). A quick synopsis of the story would include: his brothers, all older, were jealous of Joseph and...