by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jan 5, 2024 | Friar Reflection
Jesus’ invitation to Philip in today’s Gospel is simple, “Follow me.” How does Philip respond? He brings Nathanael with him to follow Jesus after telling him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote and the prophets.” Philip proclaims that Jesus fulfills the...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 4, 2024 | Friar Reflection
Elizabeth Ann Seton has a personal history that we would not expect in the life of a saint: orphaned when 3 years old, married at 19 years old to a wealthy husband, mother of five children, widowed at 29 years old, and then a convert to the Catholic church. She...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jan 3, 2024 | Friar Reflection
“Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” We hear the same expression at every Mass, but do we hear the words in the same way as John the Baptist would have understood them? For us, the image of a lamb conjures up thoughts of innocence, cuddly and...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 2, 2024 | Friar Reflection
After the death of the first twelve apostles, the Church entered the patristic stage, a time of guidance by the early fathers. Basil and Gregory come from that period. Basil lived from 329AD to 389AD. Gregory died ten years before Basil. During their lifetime both had...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jan 1, 2024 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Mary, the Mother of God, serves as a model for how we are invited to hear the Word of God. The Evangelist Luke tells us that Mary, after she had heard all the amazing things being said about her child, “kept all these things, reflecting on them in...
