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. 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...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Dec 28, 2023 | Friar Reflection
“A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more.” Sadly, this passage is all too real today as we see the children massacred in Israel and the babies and children dying...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Dec 27, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s readings reflect on the relationship between “seeing” and “believing.” In today’s Gospel passage from John, we hear that both Simon Peter and the “other disciple” went into the empty tomb but only this other disciple, “saw and believed.” In today’s first...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Dec 18, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel the great promise or vision of Isaiah the prophet is fulfilled: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel…” (Matthew 2:23; Isaiah 7:14). Matthew gives us the meaning of this Hebrew phrase (emmanu-El),...
