by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 12, 2024 | Friar Reflection
Both of today’s readings reflect on the mystery of faith. In today’s Gospel the Pharisees seek “a sign from heaven to test him [Jesus].” He refuses to give them a sign since he has already given many signs by his teaching and healing with authority. In today’s...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 8, 2024 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel it seems like Jesus is having a bad day. Instead of welcoming this “outsider,” a Syrophoenician woman he callously replies, “…it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” Like so many people before her in the Gospel...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 7, 2024 | Friar Reflection
What can defile a person or make them unclean? Jesus addresses this question in today’s Gospel. Jesus’ society, like our society, tended to classify people as insiders and outsiders. Whatever people feared or did not understand, such as leprosy or a foreign...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 2, 2024 | Friar Reflection
Today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. As we hear in today’s Gospel Mary and Joseph bring the baby Jesus up to the Temple in Jerusalem “to present him to the Lord.” Jesus is welcomed by Simeon and Anna into the people of God. In a similar...
by Fr. Jim Scullion OFM | Feb 1, 2024 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel Jesus commissioned the Twelve to be “apostles.” The word “apostle” comes from the Greek word that means “to send.” So, as we hear in today’s Gospel, Jesus “summoned the Twelve and began to send them out” to continue his mission of preaching and...
