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...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 9, 2021 | Eucharist, Weekly-Email
part of an on-going series on the Holy Eucharist by Cardinal Avery Dulles Karol Wojtyla has always had a deep eucharistic piety. In 2003 he released his most recent encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, emphasizing the bonds between the Eucharist and the church. Last...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 9, 2021 | Friar Reflection
In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives a “pep talk” to the twelve disciples He is sending out on mission. It has to be the worst pep talk ever – realistic, but grim. 16 “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 7, 2021 | Friar Reflection
I have two thoughts for you today. The first concerns “the twelve” while the second involves Jesus’ instructions: “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The...
