by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Oct 17, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The Old Testament is full of rules and regulations. All those rules were meant to maintain Israel as a chosen people with a shining holiness, a special relationship with God. Their holiness was not just for their own personal good, but it was also supposed to attract...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 16, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s first reading is from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, one of the most challenging and complex of all the New Testament books. The reading is from the opening of Romans and contains what is the most interesting of phrases: “obedience of faith.” How are we to...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Oct 13, 2023 | Friar Reflection
An expert in religious law asks Jesus a question: how to get into heaven? Jesus does not answer the question but has the expert answer his own question. His answer is: love God and love your neighbor. Jesus says that is a perfect answer. If he had been in school, he...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Oct 12, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus continues his teaching on prayer. In yesterday’s Gospel Jesus’ disciples ask him to teach them how to pray after Jesus himself had just finished praying. He taught them the words to the “Our Father” although the version in Luke (11:2-4) is...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Oct 11, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The book of Jonah is not history, nor is it a fish tale. The prophetic book is best viewed as a parable. It is a story of God’s justice but even more of God’s mercy. As we hear in today’s first reading, what “greatly displeased Jonah” was that God was showing this...
