The people heard that parishioners from St. Francis in Triangle had gone to St. Fulani to celebrate a Tridentine Rite Mass. And so when they returned they were confronted and asked, “You went to a...
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Friar Reflection
Call and Conversion
The first reading today is from the Acts of the Apostles. It is usually called the conversion of St. Paul. Paul himself, however, describes his Damascus’ experience not as a conversion but as a...
Guided By the Spirit to Evangelize
During this Easter season we have been listening to the first experiences of the disciples with the risen Christ. The Easter season is a time of renewal of our own personal connection to the risen...
Moving On
Were it not for the Feast of Sts. Philip and James, the first reading for this week-so-far would have recounted the public ministry of St. Stephen. He had been publicly debating with members of a...
Doing God’s Work
Today we celebrate two of the Twelve members of Jesus’ circle. Philip, a friend of Andrew’s from Bethsaida, is invited by Jesus himself to join his company. In the Fourth Gospel, Philip often says...
Faith
What does God ask of us? The first and most important answer to this question is that God wants us to put our faith and trust in Jesus the one sent to us by the Father. This is what we hear in...
Eucharist
In today’s Gospel we hear the story of the multiplication of the loaves. Jesus, showing great compassion, feeds the large crowd following him. John describes Jesus’ action this way: “Jesus took...
God’s Will Be Done
The Acts of the Apostles is the story of the disciples following in the footsteps and in the ways of Jesus. Jesus taught his disciples to pray: “Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on earth as it is...
God so loved
From today's Gospel we have one of the best-known verses in all of Scripture: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son” But… I’ve wondered whether, if people thought about what this...
From Self-Centered Worries to Generosity and Encouragement
In this Easter season the Word of God comes to us today calling us to a new way of life. Nicodemus, a wise and studied teacher, could not understand Jesus’ invitation to become reborn. He challenges...
Clothe yourselves with humility (1 Peter 5:5)
One afternoon in the synagogue, a rabbi was overcome with rapture and threw himself to the ground proclaiming, “Lord, I am nothing!” Not to be bested, the cantor prostrated himself and exclaimed,...
Choose the Right Side of the Boat
Cast your net on the right side of the boat and you will find something. This Easter week Jesus is asking us to do two things: Sharpen our vision. Scripture suggests one of the reasons Jesus was...