by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 31, 2022 | VOICE
Background: Early in 2021, VOICE leaders in PWC (Prince William County) began a campaign, together with key allies, to create a Crisis Receiving Center–a facility where police and the wider public can take people suffering from a mental health crisis instead of being...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 31, 2022 | Friar Reflection
From time to time, my dad would remind me that “every person you meet is your better in that you can learn something from them.” Good and sage advice. I wonder if he knew he was echoing Ralph Waldo Emerson who wrote: “In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 26, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today’s first reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. If one step’s back for “the big picture,” it deals, not so much with a congregation in the city of Ephesus in Asia Minor, but with the worldwide church, the head of which is Christ (Eph 4:15), the purpose...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 24, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In today’s first reading, believers are reminded to speak “as is fitting among holy ones” and warned with a list of items which are considered “out of place.” Instead, we are admonished to speak words of thanksgiving. This admonition about speaking “as is fitting...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 18, 2022 | Friar Reflection
The refrain from today’s psalm proclaims: “Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.” The words of psalm are taken from Psalm 145, verses 10-18. The words proclaim the glory of God and the splendor of His Kingdom. They extol the justice,...
