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...
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Friar Reflection
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...
The Breaking of Bread
The Evangelist Luke uses the phrase “the breaking of bread” to refer to what later Christians called the Eucharist or the Mass (Luke 24:35; Acts 2:42; 20:7). What happened to these early Christians...
Resurrection – The Road to Emmaus
We celebrate this first week of the Easter season as one great day of joy – Sunday to Sunday. Through this week and the Sundays of the Easter season we will listen to the stories of how, when, and...
Mary Magdalene
“I have seen the Lord!” In today’s Gospel Mary Magdalene proclaims this Easter message. There is good reason to believe that Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Lord, before any of the...
Anointed and Sent
“He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples”, such is one of the verses before our Gospel reading of this...
In the darkness
There have been many Good Fridays in the course of my life. I have heard the Passion narrative. I led the Passion narrative during Good Friday liturgies. Over the many years of Bible study I have...