by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 11, 2022 | Parish Blog, Weekly-Email
Life and Dignity of the Human Person Do I respect the life and dignity of every human person from conception through natural death? Do I recognize the face of Christ in all others around me whatever their race, class, age, or abilities? Do I work to protect the...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 9, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In today’s readings we hear from the Book of Jonah and Jesus’ reference to “the sign of Jonah.” I think we have been conditioned to think: “Jonah, three days in the belly of the whale. Jesus, three days in the tomb. Ok, the “sign of Jonah” must be Jesus’...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 1, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Just last Friday, the first reading was from the Letter of James, in which he admonished the faithful to endure: “Indeed we call blessed those who have persevered” (James 5:11). In yesterday’s first reading we listened to the opening passage from the First Letter of...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 23, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Today’s first reading continues to work its way through the Letter of James. 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit”— 14 you have no idea what your life will be like...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Feb 21, 2022 | Friar Reflection
From our first reading today: “Who among you is wise and understanding?” (James 3:13a) That is not the kind of question for which people are going to raise their hands and cry out “Me!!.” But it is the kind of question that we hope is true of ourselves, our loved...
