by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Mar 11, 2024 | Friar Reflection
It has been said that a prophet is someone who “comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.” This saying describes well both Isaiah in our first reading and Jesus in today’s Gospel. Isaiah “comforts the disturbed,” Israel suffering in Exile in Babylon. The...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 8, 2024 | Friar Reflection
The scribe’s question in our gospel from St. Mark about the greatest commandment was not posed “to test” Jesus as is done in Matthew’s and Luke’s gospels. The question is, in fact, a familiar one from Jewish tradition: “Is there a way of summarizing the...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Mar 7, 2024 | Friar Reflection
The prophet Jeremiah in today’s first reading calls us to hear the Voice of God. Jeremiah becomes God’s mouthpiece, speaking the very words of God: “Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people.” Today’s reading is taken from Jeremiah’s...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Mar 6, 2024 | Friar Reflection
The Word of God in the Old Testament continually proclaimed the coming of the Messiah who would re-establish a right relationship between God and all creation. Many in Israel chose to live out their relationship with God as a simple completion of the rules and rituals...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 5, 2024 | Friar Reflection
We should certainly hear an echo of the Lord’s Prayer in today’s gospel: ““Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.” The mention of “forgiveness”...
