by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 11, 2024 | Friar Reflection
In Israel during the New Testament times, leprosy was a disease that was fear. It was considered the result of punishment for sins, either of the leper or some ancestor. Being sick with leprosy was similar to a death sentence to a life of physical sickness, separation...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 9, 2024 | Friar Reflection
After all the celebrations of the Advent and Christmas seasons, we begin again what the Church calls “Ordinary Time”, a time of no special feasts, no special season. The folks gathered in the synagogue on the sabbath at Capernaum were like us. They expected the...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 4, 2024 | Friar Reflection
Elizabeth Ann Seton has a personal history that we would not expect in the life of a saint: orphaned when 3 years old, married at 19 years old to a wealthy husband, mother of five children, widowed at 29 years old, and then a convert to the Catholic church. She...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 2, 2024 | Friar Reflection
After the death of the first twelve apostles, the Church entered the patristic stage, a time of guidance by the early fathers. Basil and Gregory come from that period. Basil lived from 329AD to 389AD. Gregory died ten years before Basil. During their lifetime both had...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Dec 21, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In these last days of Advent, we hear how God prepared everything for Jesus’ birth. Mary surrendered herself to the will of God and her part in the history of salvation. Her openness to life went far beyond just accepting motherhood, it included an openness to all...
