What is lawful? What is God’s Will? Sometimes we can get so caught up in our customs or tradition that we forget these customs, traditions, and even laws should always lead us to knowing and doing...
Keep Holy the Sabbath
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Friar Reflection
This Call Is for You
Today we remember Saint Simon and Saint Jude. The testimony of these two men makes us reflect on our following of Christ. What led them to give their lives for Jesus? The Resurrection and the power...
Praying as we ought
“...the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. And the one who searches hearts knows...
Priestly Care for Creation
“For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of God; for creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope...
Children of God
We are children of God! This is what St. Paul tells us in today’s first reading: “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.” Through our baptism we have received the holy...
With what eyes do I see reality?
Today as yesterday the question arises, have not enough signs manifested in the person of Jesus that indicate that the Kingdom of God is present? What happens that we are not always able to see or...
Freedom
What does it mean to be free, to be truly free in a Christian sense? We hear the word “freedom” a lot in the news these days so it is important for us to reflect on the Christian notion of freedom...
Are You Prepared?
The Gospel today is about being ready to meet our God. There is praise for the servant who is ready. We cannot know the day when the time to meet our God will come so we need to be prepared. There...
Choosing Sides
Choosing Sides Remember grade school and picking teams at recess for activities like dodgeball? If you were assigned as captain and had first pick, you wanted to pick “the one,’ the sure winner, the...
Your Friends Make Known
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...
Me and You
The Mantu is the name of a small but busy restaurant in Richmond, Virginia, owned and operated by Chef Hamid Noori. The restaurant is more than a wonderful place to eat authentic Afghan cuisine –...
Faith is the Key to Eternal Life
Today, our first reading reminds us that faith is the key to eternal life. However, this key cannot be purchased as we are used to doing with many things in life. Also, it is not something we can...