by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Sep 13, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Luke’s version of Jesus’ first central sermon takes place on a plain rather than a mount as in Matthew’s Gospel. Luke remembers it a bit shorter, but substantially the same. Rather than continue with an emphasis on an external law and individual happiness and...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Sep 7, 2023 | Friar Reflection
This week in the Gospel we have been looking at the beginning moments of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee. Actually, this is the beginning of our faith community, the Church. Today we see that Peter and the other fishermen had spent the whole night at work fishing with no...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Sep 5, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Many people experience life as boring, a routine sameness that repeats itself season after season. This attitude can even invade our relationship with God. The life of the Jewish people in the times of Jesus was centered around a strict, rigid, rituals in the temple...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Sep 1, 2023 | Friar Reflection
NOTE: With the beginning of the school year, the weekly Friday school masses may contain readings from the lectionary for children rather than the usual daily lectionary. In the face of the argument amongst the apostles about who is the most important, Jesus proposes...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Aug 30, 2023 | Friar Reflection
This is the last of seven woes that Jesus pronounces in the 23rd chapter of Matthew. All are directed at the formal religious leaders of the time. “Woe” is an exclamation of distress or sorrow. Woe to you, …… on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are...
