by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jun 14, 2021 | Parish Blog
SISTER PARISH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP DRAWS TO A CLOSE Thank you so much for your continued generosity to our brothers and sisters at Santa Ana parish, located in the outskirts of Lima, Peru. All the children who were in need of scholarships have been sponsored. Do you...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jun 14, 2021 | Friar Reflection
In today’s gospel from Mark, Jesus continues His discourse called the Sermon on the Mount. It is from a section of the Sermon which is marked with “you have heard it said… but I say to you…” He is not overturning the Ten Commandments and the Law of Moses, but rather...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jun 9, 2021 | Friar Reflection
The gospel text for this Wednesday of the 10th Week is taken from the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew’s gospel: 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.18 Amen, I say to you, until heaven and...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jun 7, 2021 | Parish Blog
This week, we celebrate The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotional with long and historic provenance within Christianity, and in modern times has been established as a Solemnity for the universal Church. The Solemnity was first celebrated in France. The...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jun 2, 2021 | Friar Reflection
The first reading for today’s Mass is from the Book of Tobit, chapter 3. There in verse 6 is a simple phrase – in the Greek it is oneidismous pseudeis. Depending on the New American Bible translation being used you will either hear “false reproaches” or the less...