by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Sep 11, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s gospel from Luke tells of Jesus’ encounter with the scribes and Pharisees centered around what is proper action on the Sabbath. There were 913 regulations and guidelines arising from the reading of the Torah (Pentateuch). To the modern mind, it is hard to...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Sep 4, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In our gospel from today’s readings, we find a powerful and transformative moment in the life of Jesus. He has returned to his hometown of Nazareth, and on the Sabbath day, he enters the synagogue. As was custom, someone was asked to read. Jesus is handed the scroll...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Sep 3, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The opening words to our first reading is strong: “You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped” Wow…strong words from the prophet Jeremiah. Duped, tricked, suckered, fooled, hoodwinked. No one likes to be the unwitting tool in another’s hands, the butt of...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Aug 29, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today is the Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist. The gospel reading, from Mark, is the familiar account of Herod’s step-daughter asking for the head of John the Baptist. “Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison on account...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Aug 25, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The first reading today comes from the Book of Ruth, named for the Moabite woman who commits herself to the Israelite people by an oath to her mother-in-law Naomi and becomes the great-grandmother of David by marriage to Boaz of Bethlehem. Thus, she is an ancestor in...
