by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 31, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s reading is from the “golden calf” incident recorded in the Book of Exodus. You know the story: Moses comes down from the mountain top carrying the 10 Commandments carved into stone tablets. He comes upon the scene of people dancing wildly around a statue of a...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 28, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s gospel was part of the Gospel for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time but it is noteworthy that there was a shorter and a longer option. The shorter included the parable only, while the longer version included our gospel for today – an explanation of the...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 25, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s first reading is one of my favorite passages from St. Paul: “We hold this treasure in earthen vessels” (2 Cor 4:7) – also as “jars of clay”. It points out one of the great paradoxes of this life of discipleship: it leads to glory, but...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 20, 2023 | Friar Reflection
Today’s first reading continues the story of Moses’ encounter with God on Mt. Horeb. God has commanded Moses to return to the “scene of the crime,” – his own taking of a life and Pharaoh’s attempted infanticide. Moses asks a reasonable question, “When I go to...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 19, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In the first reading for today we continue with the story of Moses who “was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian.” (Ex 3:1) Meanwhile “A long time passed, during which the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their bondage...
