by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Nov 25, 2022 | Friar Reflection
We have arrived at the second to the last day – tomorrow is the very last day of the liturgical year. John’s vision in the first reading speaks of the second-to-last-things that will happen. We tend to get caught up in the descriptions of all those things: plagues,...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Nov 17, 2022 | Friar Reflection
There is a lot of weeping in today’s readings. John weeps in his vision because there is no one to open the scrolls of the Word of God. It must have been deeply disturbing for John to see the Word of God being offer but at the same time no one worthy to open the...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Nov 16, 2022 | Friar Reflection
This is the last week of the Church’s liturgical year. This coming Sunday we celebrate the last Sunday of the year with the feast of Christ the King. Over this week and into the first weeks of Advent, the Word of God focuses on our Christian response to the end times...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Nov 10, 2022 | Friar Reflection
As humans we tend to like to mark off the beginnings or endings of things: times, seasons – even life. I remember in June counting the days to the end of school and then in counting off the days to the end of Summer. For the friars the novitiate is one year and a day....
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Nov 2, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today we remember all our family, friends, and our brothers and sisters in Christ who have died. For many, this is the first day that we have been able to gather together as a community for this remembrance after the COVID pandemic. Many people died during that time –...
