by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 16, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Much of what Jesus said in his long farewell address during the Last Supper, part of which we hear in today’s Gospel, must have been hard for the disciples to understand at first. His disciples were full of questions – some of which we hear in today’s Gospel. They had...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 13, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In his last discourse to the disciples Jesus says he is going in order to prepare a place for all in his Father’s house where there are many rooms. This is the desire of God: that all of us arrive at that place to continue on living in communion with him. Then he...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 5, 2022 | Friar Reflection
During this Easter season we have been listening to the first experiences of the disciples with the risen Christ. The Easter season is a time of renewal of our own personal connection to the risen Christ in own lives – day after day. Lives transformed by the presence...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Apr 26, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In this Easter season the Word of God comes to us today calling us to a new way of life. Nicodemus, a wise and studied teacher, could not understand Jesus’ invitation to become reborn. He challenges Jesus saying: “How can this be? Can anyone enter their mother’s womb...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Apr 20, 2022 | Friar Reflection
We celebrate this first week of the Easter season as one great day of joy – Sunday to Sunday. Through this week and the Sundays of the Easter season we will listen to the stories of how, when, and where the first disciples encountered the risen Christ. They are quite...
