by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 25, 2023 | Friar Reflection
One afternoon in the synagogue, a rabbi was overcome with rapture and threw himself to the ground proclaiming, “Lord, I am nothing!” Not to be bested, the cantor prostrated himself and exclaimed, “Lord, I am nothing!” The temple handyman, working in the back of the...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 24, 2023 | Friar Reflection
So they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.” (John 6:28-29) Accomplishing the works of God – now that seems like...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 4, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The gospel readings in Holy week always speak about Judas and his betrayal of Jesus. The Gospel of Mark, for example, gives no motivation for Judas’s sudden betrayal. Matthew, writing a decade or so later than Mark, attempts to clarify things in his account by...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 27, 2023 | Friar Reflection, Parish Blog
There was an interesting article that appeared in this past week’s news. It was 1980 and Jimmy Carter was in the White House, bedeviled by a hostage crisis in Iran that had paralyzed his presidency and hampered his effort to win a second term. Mr. Carter’s best chance...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 25, 2023 | Parish Blog
The parish employs a long-used facility scheduling software to assign room resources, allocate space, and schedule the events and programs of the parish. The software has met our internal needs, but the software lacks the ability to provide a public-facing calendar...
