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...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 22, 2023 | Friar Reflection
The first reading today is a companion piece with yesterday’s first reading. The message of encouragement remains even as the prophet who speaks the word changes. A verse from the Gospel succinctly makes the point: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.”...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 21, 2023 | Friar Reflection
In today’s first reading we hear from the Prophet Ezekiel. It is from the end of his prophetic writings and there is a lot of “water under the bridge” that has led to this amazing vision of a new temple being the source of restorative and living water that is so...
