by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jun 2, 2023 | Friar Reflection
There is a lot happening in today’s Gospel. It is marvelous to see how a holiness, confidence in prayer, and the Word of God are all connected in Jesus’ words and actions. We see a Jesus in today’s Gospel that we are not accustomed to seeing. This an angry, forceful...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 23, 2023 | Friar Reflection
We are coming to the end of this year’s Easter season. We have celebrated and remembered the resurrection of Christ over the last 2 months. I hope celebrating this year’s Easter season and listening to the Word of God has given each of us a deeper experience of the...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 18, 2023 | Friar Reflection
We are nearing the end of the Easter season for this year. Jesus prepares his disciples for his passion, death, and resurrection in today’s Gospel by announcing that their grief will be changed into joy. The message and language seemed hard to understand for those...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 12, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate mass with our grade school; therefore, the readings are different than those listed in the Roman Lectionary. What is the biggest miracle that you can imagine? Most of us begin to think of miracles outside ourselves in the physical word – like making...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 3, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Throughout the Gospels we see the doubts, questions, misgiving, errors, worries, and musings of the apostles. Overall, we see that their reactions are not that different than our own. Their humanity is the same as ours. The night of the Last Supper right after the...