by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 24, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today’s Gospel takes place at the Last Supper just after Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The disciples and many in Jerusalem saw that entry as a turning moment in their history when God through Christ would re-establish a new, great Davidic king. Being a...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | May 19, 2022 | Friar Reflection
It is rather difficult to talk about the resurrection in general terms. How can we explain it? Even the symbols that we use, which are beautiful and ornate, seem to be inadequate: Easter bunnies, little yellow chicks, Easter eggs, chocolates and sweets, tulips,...
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...
