In today’s first reading, believers are reminded to speak “as is fitting among holy ones” and warned with a list of items which are considered “out of place.” Instead, we are admonished to speak...
Living in the Light
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Friar Reflection
Signs of the Times
“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.” I remember hearing this saying many times growing up from my father. Although my father had been in the Navy, he was...
Fire and Change – Authentic Christian Life and Witness
At first glance Jesus’ words today are disturbing and even seem contrary our general image of a peace-loving, sweet-sounding Jesus. Fire produces change – deep, profound changes. In many ecosystems...
Later May Be Too Late!
The author Jay Cournier in reflecting on the word later says this: Many of us have become “later” people. Later is that time that will never come, I will call you later, let’s get together later, I...
One Generation to the Next
The refrain from today’s psalm proclaims: “Your friends make known, O Lord, the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.” The words of psalm are taken from Psalm 145, verses 10-18. The words proclaim the...
Rich in Mercy
“God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ.” In this important passage from Ephesians Paul...
Holy Ones
Today we begin reading from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Paul greets us Christians as “the holy ones…and faithful in Christ Jesus.” Paul tells us that through our baptism we have become “holy...
The Hand that Reaches
The Lord said: “Woe to you Pharisees!… You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.” (Luke 11:42). Not for all the tea in China would I watch a horror movie. Even at my age they...
Freedom
“For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.” Paul’s letter to the Galatians is the great letter of Christian freedom. Paul declares that Christ...
Signs and Sight
“This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this...
The greatest gift
In today’s first reading, the epistle to the Galatians, the apostles make clear that justification does come by works of the law: “For all who depend on works of the law are under a curse.” The...
Stupid Galatians!
“O stupid Galatians! Who has bewitched you…Are you so stupid?” It seems that St. Paul has never learned the lesson that the students of St. Francis School know so well: “You never call anyone...