by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Dec 30, 2025 | Friar Reflection
St. John’s words in today’s reading are at once tender and challenging. He begins not with correction, but with reassurance: “I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven for his name’s sake.” (1 Jn 2:12) Before John asks anything of us, he...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Dec 29, 2025 | Friar Reflection
Today’s gospel from St. Luke is the narration of the Presentation in the Temple. The presentation that was required 40 days after Jesus’ nativity to complete Mary’s ritual purification after childbirth, and to perform the redemption of the firstborn son, in...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Dec 26, 2025 | Friar Reflection
Yesterday the Church sang of angels, shepherds, light, and joy. Quite jarringly, today we are shown stones, hatred, and death. On the very day after Christmas, the Church places before us St. Stephen, the first martyr. This is not accidental. It is profoundly...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Dec 24, 2025 | Friar Reflection
I hope you have been following the readings here during the final week of Advent. These have been the gospel readings: Friday: the “annunciation” of the birth of Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist Saturday: the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Dec 17, 2025 | Friar Reflection
Today you might ask a new neighbor or a new parishioner, “Where are you from?” It is a normal question. Growing up in the South it was equally likely for someone to ask, “Who are your people?” Today’s gospel is the answer to that question, which at first hearing,...
