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. 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. Jim Scullion OFM | Mar 4, 2024 | Friar Reflection
Who are the true prophets and what does a prophet do? True prophets are those who speak the word of God. Both Elisha in today’s first reading and Jesus in today’s Gospel are prophets. Elisha speaks not his own words but the words and message of God. Jesus not only...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Mar 1, 2024 | Friar Reflection
Both of today’s readings tell the story of rejection. In the first reading from Genesis, Joseph is rejected by his other brothers. His brothers “hated him” out of jealously because his father loved “Joseph best out of all his sons, for he was the child of his old...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 29, 2024 | Friar Reflection
Today’s readings are all about trust. Whom or what do we and should we trust? The first reading from the prophet Jeremiah challenges us to trust not in human beings but in the Lord. The prophet pictures those who trust in the Lord as trees, “planted beside the...
