by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Feb 24, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Prayer, fasting, and charity or almsgiving are three ancient pillars of Christian life that lead us to conversion throughout the whole year. They are very important during this season of Lent. Today, the first Friday of Lent, day of abstinence from meat, the Word of...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 31, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel we hear of the curing of Jairus’ daughter and of the woman with the hemorrhage. The earliest examples of Christian art are found in the catacombs. There is a painting of the healing of the woman with a hemorrhage in the catacombs of Marcellinus and...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 30, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The man from the tombs was so sick and disorientated that he had no relationship or understanding with other people nor with himself. He could only live among the dead in the cemetery doing injury to himself…and probably to others, too. When Jesus arrives, the man...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 26, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Jesus emphasizes his teachings today with these comments: “Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.” and “Take care what you hear”. So obviously he wanted to place special importance on these parables about light and service within the Christian vocation. No one...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jan 24, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In the first reading Paul proclaims that God does not want burnt offerings and sacrifices from us. This statement would have been shocking to many in Israel who based their faith on keeping the laws of sacrifices. In some ways such external sacrifices tended to take...
