by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jun 8, 2021 | Friar Reflection
“Give Glory to God” In today’s Gospel Jesus continues his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:28). This Sermon begins with the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12) whereby Jesus teaches us what it means to be his disciple: it means to be “poor in spirit”, that is, to be...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jun 3, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Sometimes the Internet can overwhelm us with too much information and with dubious facts and conspiracies. We can truly lose the forest for the trees and lose sight of what is important and true! The Jewish scribe in today’s Gospel also had this feeling of being...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Jun 1, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Today’s Gospel is the classic text that is cited to describe the relationship between church and state. Jesus’ answer seems simple and direct: “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” Since Caesar’s image and inscription is on the...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | May 25, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Liturgy and Life must always go together. We should bring our life, our joys and our sorrows, our hopes and our doubts, to our liturgical celebrations. We are also called to live out what we proclaim and what we celebrate in liturgy into our daily life. Jesus ben...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | May 24, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate the feast of Mary, the Mother of the Church. The title “Mother of the Church” for Mary was proclaimed by Pope Paul VI on November 21, 1964, at the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council’s third session. To better focus the Church’s attention on...
