by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jul 11, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Benedict who really put into practice Jesus’ call in today’s Gospel to abandon everything and center our lives on him. Benedict is the founder of monasticism in the Western church. He wrote a simple rule of life for communities of...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jul 5, 2023 | Friar Reflection
You probably have noticed a dramatic shift in the Matthew’s Gospel over the last week. We have passed a turning point in Matthew’s Gospel. We have moved from the proclamation of the Sermon on the Mount to action – theoretical teaching to visible reality. We see...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jun 22, 2023 | Friar Reflection
What a marvelous event we see in today’s Gospel. We continue listening to the Sermon on the Mount. There are many beautiful and deep prayers in the Old Testament: SHEMA Israel (Deut 6:4-9), the Ten Commandments, MAH TOUV (prayer of Baalam – Numbers 24:5), the...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jun 21, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount is a great source of joy for all. It puts us right inside the vision and thinking of God. Through Jesus’s preaching, we know our mission. Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are ancient practices for helping us renounce sin and deepen our...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jun 15, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s reading from the Gospel comes from the Sermon on the Mount which is Jesus’ image of a true human being. It is sort of a basic plan for Christian life, an x-ray of the soul. In presenting his vision of what a true human being looks like, Jesus returns to God’s...
