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At Wit’s End

At Wit’s End

by | Aug 7, 2023 | Friar Reflection

If you have been following along with the daily readings at Mass, you know that the first readings have been following the 12 tribes of Jacob as they escaped slavery in Egypt, received the Ten Commandments, fashioned a golden calf, and spent a lot of time complaining,...
Assumptions

Assumptions

by | Aug 4, 2023 | Friar Reflection

The gospel passage Matthew 13:54-58 offers a profound reflection on the nature of assumptions and the limitations they impose on our understanding and beliefs. In this passage, Jesus returns to his hometown, and the people there are astonished by his wisdom and...
Forgetting God

Forgetting God

by | 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...
Your feet in the soil

Your feet in the soil

by | 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...
Jars of clay

Jars of clay

by | 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...