by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Nov 18, 2021 | Friar Reflection
“Render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God” (Mark 12:17). We have all heard this famous saying of Jesus. At first Jesus seems to call for an equal distribution of things: give Caesar his due and God his due. But Jesus’ saying is a...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Nov 16, 2021 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus says to a tax collector, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” This man was both a tax collector and a sinner. In Jesus’ time tax collectors were viewed as sinners because they supported the occupying force, the...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Nov 12, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Do you live in the past, in the present, or in the future? Some of us like to remember the “good old days” but then we remember that not everything was good in the past. Some of us like to live in the future, tomorrow, tomorrow. Jesus wants us to live in the...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Nov 8, 2021 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus teaches about faith and forgiveness. Like the apostles our faith at times is strong but at other times we question and we doubt and so we need to ask Jesus: “Increase our faith” (Luke 17:5) The apostles show us that faith is a journey, a...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Nov 2, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Today we remember in prayer all our loved ones who have died. St. Paul reminds us that nothing can separate us for the love of God, not even death: “What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or...
