by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 13, 2021 | Eucharist, Weekly-Email
In our previous article we addressed how “transubstantiation” was an apt description of “how” the bread and wine become the Precious Body and Blood of Jesus – and noted along with the 13th Session of the Council of Trent, that the real “ancient and true” teaching was...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 13, 2021 | Eucharist, Weekly-Email
Recently a parishioner asked me, given all the current news coverage of what Catholics believe about the Eucharist, he noticed that sometimes the question is framed as “Do Catholic believe in Transubstantiation?” but other times as “Do Catholics believe in the Real...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 13, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Several weeks ago, on my blog I published “Your Script”. I am borrowing from that post for today’s homily. In the gospel Jesus says, “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida”. Previously I noted that one way I explore Scripture is to imagine that I am a cinema...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 13, 2021 | Weekly-Email
From Pope Francis: “I am with you always” A message on World Grandparents Day Dear Grandfathers and Grandmothers, “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20): this is the promise the Lord made to his disciples before he ascended into heaven. They are the words that...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 12, 2021 | Friar Reflection
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.” (Matthew 10:35-37) Sounds harsh, yes? But give it a...
