by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Jul 6, 2021 | Friar Reflection
You are sympathetic to a charity and would like to help, but money is tight right now (which actually it isn’t). Should I write a check or not? You can make a case that you were not responsible, but in your gut, you know that it was indeed your fault, and you should...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Jul 2, 2021 | Eucharist, Weekly-Email
In The Habit of Being: The Letters of Flannery O’Connor, a letter from O’Connor to a recipient identified only as “A” recounts the story of a dinner party O’Connor attended in 1955: Well, toward morning the conversation had turned on the Eucharist, which I, being the...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Jun 21, 2021 | Friar Reflection
When Jesus preached, He would often use words that were very familiar to the Jewish people. Many times, the Rabbis would warn against judging other people. They laid down that there were six works which brought a person credit. Study, visiting the sick, hospitality,...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Jun 16, 2021 | Friar Reflection
This is an interesting passage from Matthew. It would seem to suggest that one should banish all rewards or punishments from the idea of religion. If that were so it would be to suggest that injustice has the last word. To eliminate all rewards and punishments is to...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Jun 7, 2021 | Friar Reflection
A Buddhist monk was asked to teach meditation at a prison near the monastery. Many of the inmates had never met a monk. After the first session, they began to ask him about his life in the monastery. “We get up at four o’clock every morning,” the monk explained. ...
