by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jul 13, 2022 | Friar Reflection
When I went to Peru, I had a nine-month plan set-up for my deacon internship – nine months to learn Spanish and then return to the USA to work with one of our Latino parishes. When we were in the seminary, we had to set-up a learning contract for the deacon...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jul 7, 2022 | Friar Reflection
This week in the reading from the Old Testament, we have been listening to the message of Hosea. Israel had entered a time of relative prosperity and forgot its covenant relationship with God. They organized their social and political life without taking into...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jun 28, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Life is full of surprises – happy, sad, or terrifying. Some of the surprises are the result of how we have organized our own lives, like the sad socio-political situation in Israel in the prophet Amos’ times. Others seem to come out of nowhere, like the sudden storm...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jun 23, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today we celebrate the birth of John the Baptist. It is a day of great joy throughout all the Church. In Peru, John the Baptist is the patron saint in the jungle areas and until recently this feast was a national holiday, and it is still the national day of the common...
by Fr. Chris Dunn OFM | Jun 17, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In the Old Testament today we see how Israel returned to the Lord after a time of service to a foreign idol. Repeatedly through the Old Testament Israel is called back to the Lord after many detours of service to foreign idols. In the Sermon on the Mount in today’s...
