by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Sep 22, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In today’s first reading we are warned against “a morbid disposition for arguments and verbal disputes. From these come envy, rivalry, insults, evil suspicions, and mutual friction among people with corrupted minds.” (1 Tim 6:4-5) When you hear those words again, what...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Sep 21, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Matthew, the evangelist. As we hear in today’s first reading each of us has been given a “measure of Christ’s gifts.” These gifts are given for the common good and for building up the Body of Christ: “And he gave some as Apostles,...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Sep 20, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Jesus likes to use the example of children in his teaching. When his disciples tried to prevent people from bringing their children to him Jesus rebuked his disciples: “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these....
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Sep 19, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Over and over again we see Jesus breaking into a someone’s life shockingly, gratuitously, unexpectedly, and uninvited. In the time of Jesus, women lived dependent on their husbands or in the case of widows, their eldest son. Today’s Gospel is about the burial...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Sep 18, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The gospel for today tells the Lucan story of Jesus’ encounter with the Roman centurion whose servant “was ill and about to die.” When the centurion hears, that Jesus is coming to his house, he sends another servant with a message: “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for...
