by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jan 17, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus comes preaching a new message, a message with authority, a message of love and forgiveness. This new message, this new wine, cannot be contained in old wineskins: “no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jan 14, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Mark continues to present Jesus as one with “authority.” Jesus claims that as the Son of Man he has the “authority” to forgive sins and to heal. The Gospel Story is a wonderful example of the community of faith. When the paralytic’s friends lower...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jan 11, 2022 | Friar Reflection
What does it mean to teach with authority? In today’s Gospel Mark emphasizes twice that Jesus teaches with authority. “Jesus taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes…a new teaching with authority” (Mark 1:22, 27). The people contrasted Jesus’...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jan 6, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Jesus preaches the shortest homily in history! In today’s Gospel Jesus reads a text from the prophet Isaiah and then gives a homily on this text. While His homily is very short it sets forth the mission that He will fulfill in the rest of the Gospel. His homily is...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jan 3, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In today’s first reading John echoes Jesus’ twofold commandment of love of God and love of neighbor: “And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us.” John calls us to put our faith...
