by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 15, 2022 | Friar Reflection
There have been many Good Fridays in the course of my life. I have heard the Passion narrative. I led the Passion narrative during Good Friday liturgies. Over the many years of Bible study I have covered the Passion narrative more than a few times. In the summer of...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 13, 2022 | Friar Reflection
The gospel reading for the Wednesday of Holy week is always 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...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 7, 2022 | Friar Reflection
And “what keeps you from the best.” Of course, the “best” is Jesus, right? Well… if that was just the “easy” or “expected” answer, it is a good answer, but not the best. I would suggest that a clue to the best answer is in the first reading: “I will maintain my...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Apr 4, 2022 | Weekly-Email
Holy Week Schedule – 2022 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion – normal weekend schedule (4/10)Monday through Wednesday – Daily Mass each day at 8:45 am- Confessions at 7:00 pm Wednesday (English and Spanish)Holy Thursday (4/14)- Thursday morning – Morning Prayer...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 15, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Recently I was teaching grade school children at our parish school. The topic was regarding the 40 Hour Devotion that was coming up in the parish. The children would be participating and so I was asked to let them know a little bit about the history and spirituality...
