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...
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...
