by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 17, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Today is the Feast of St. Patrick which has optional readings you can find here. The scene in the Gospel is familiar – “oh sure, I’ve heard this before, Jesus is calling His disciples to be fishers of men” – perhaps too familiar. As with most scriptures, there is more...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 16, 2021 | Parish Blog
How do you offer forgiveness? I suspect that the most common offer consists of “I forgive you” or “Don’t worry about it” or “Don’t give it a second thought” or “It’s nothing.” And that all might be true, but sometimes it is only the socially-expected response. It is...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 16, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Today’s readings are a combination of the well-known (the Gospel) and the “what’s-going-on” (Ezekiel). The former is the familiar story of the man, afflicted for 38 years, who encounters Jesus, is healed and has hope restored. The latter is a grand vision of living...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 10, 2021 | Friar Reflection
“…whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 5:19) About twenty years ago now, the US Supreme Court directed Judge Roy Moore, the Chief Justice of the Alabama State Supreme Court, to remove a Ten...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Mar 9, 2021 | Parish Blog, Weekly-Email
“The generous man is blessed. For he gives of his bread to the poor.”- Proverbs 22:9 St. Francis House is an outreach ministry of the parish located in a townhouse in the Williamstown neighborhood that was established in 1992 to serve the many needs of the low-income,...
