by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 28, 2021 | Friar Reflection
When one hears the story of Jesus and the fig tree in today’s gospel, it has to strike you as one of the strangest in the Gospels. It seems completely out of character for Jesus to curse anything much less a fig tree. When the text goes on to include the detail that...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 26, 2021 | Friar Reflection
I recently celebrated a birthday. There were plenty of years I did not celebrate it – not because of any reason other than I was not with a group of people for whom it was a memorable date. As best I can remember all the birthdays between high school graduation...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 22, 2021 | Parish Blog
This Sunday, May 30th 2021, is Holy Trinity Sunday. We are a people who profess a faith in a God that has revealed God’s self as a Trinitarian God. In the history of the Church there were many who looked at the same Scriptures and denied that God was one, yet three...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 18, 2021 | Friar Reflection
In the Confiteor, we hold up the things we have done and what we have failed to do. The first reading for today’s Mass is certainly a list of what St. Paul has done for the sake of the Gospel. He has traveled, worked, suffered, been prosecuted, imprisoned, witnessed,...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | May 17, 2021 | Friar Reflection
Who were these 12 people that Paul encounters in today’s first reading? They were generically referred to as “disciples” in Acts 19:1. Many people assume, based on the following verses, that they were not followers of Jesus, but rather a remnant of the followers of...
