by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Apr 22, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Cast your net on the right side of the boat and you will find something. This Easter week Jesus is asking us to do two things: Sharpen our vision. Scripture suggests one of the reasons Jesus was able to help the disciples catch so many fish, after them having no...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Mar 31, 2022 | Friar Reflection
It is never a comfortable experience visiting someone who is very ill. We aren’t sure what to do or say. We worry that we might say the wrong thing. Rabbi Harold Kushner writes: “At some of the darkest moments of my life, some people I thought of as friends...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Mar 29, 2022 | Friar Reflection
The ashes we receive on Ash Wednesday challenge us with a difficult question, Am I free? Am I making my life all that I want it to be for myself and those I love? What’s keeping me from realizing the purpose that I want my life to mean? The Theologian Kay Northcutt...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Mar 23, 2022 | Friar Reflection
The Jews used the expression ‘The Law’ in four different ways. They used it to man the 10 commandments; they used it to describe the first five books of the bible, called the Pentateuch. They considered those to be the most important part of the bible. They used...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Mar 21, 2022 | Friar Reflection
A prophetic moment last week in Washington, D.C.: The famed cellist Yo Yo Ma was on his way to the Kennedy Center to rehearse for a performance later that evening. As his car approached the Russian Embassy, the musician aske the driver to stop. Ma got out of the car...
