by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Sep 6, 2021 | Friar Reflection
What is lawful? This question is asked today in both our civil and religious society. What does the law require and even demand? We see this same debate between Jesus and the Pharisees in today’s Gospel. The Pharisees were a Jewish lay reform movement. Jews who...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Aug 24, 2021 | Friar Reflection
We all have our blinders and prejudices. The first disciples were no exception. So, when Philip told Nathanael that Jesus from Nazareth was the one foretold in the Scripture, Nathanael found this claim hard to believe: “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” In...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Aug 23, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Today we begin to read from 1 Thessalonians, the earliest writing in the New Testament. The Gospels were not written until the 70’s & 80’s. Paul wrote his letters in the 50’s and Thessalonians is the first letter that he wrote. Paul had recently founded the...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Aug 20, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Love and faithfulness…that is all God requires. Both readings today give us insight into the meaning of this requirement. A Jewish scholar of the Law asks Jesus which commandment is the greatest, the most important. This question is legitimate since the Bible is...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Aug 16, 2021 | Friar Reflection
The question of the young man in today’s Gospel is a question, I am sure, all of us have asked at one time or another: “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” Jesus gives what seems to be a simple and direct answer: “Keep the commandments.” The young man...
