by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 12, 2021 | Weekly-Email
St. Francis of Assisi Women’s Group – Our Next Meeting Thursday Oct 21 at 10:30 am – Virtual on Zoom Women of all ages are invited to join us for fellowship and discussion two Thursday mornings a month. The Women’s Group will begin the year...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 5, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Today’s first reading is from one of my favorite books: The Book of Jonah. The book is only four chapters long and we are in Chapter 3. The whole Jonah and the “whale” have already happened, Jonah has traveled to Nineveh as a very reluctant prophet. Frankly Jonah...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 4, 2021 | Friar Reflection
“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” It is a great passage, a great image, but… I suspect when we hear that word “yoked” a particular image comes...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 3, 2021 | Traditions
Some history: Prayers with beads like the rosary may have begun as a practice by the laity to imitate the Christian monasticism of the Liturgy of the Hours, during the course of which the monks prayed the 150 Psalms daily. As many of the laity and even lay monastics...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Oct 3, 2021 | Traditions
At our parish in Tampa we have a Gift & Book Store. After shopping in the store, a parishioner sought out the pastor. “Father, your gift store has rosaries that were made by someone who didn’t know the rosary. Were they made in China?” The parishioner had noticed...
