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...
With what eyes do I see reality?
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Friar Reflection
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...
The Grave
The Lord said: “Woe to you Pharisees! … You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.” (Luke 11:42). Back before this pandemic, I would often go with friends to the movie theatre....
Gospel
“I am not ashamed of the Gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes”. Paul speaks today about the Gospel or his Gospel. When Paul is writing his letters in the 50’s...
Saints of God
Today we begin reading Paul’s letter to the Romans. This letter is probably the last letter he wrote sometime in the late 50’s. It is a difficult and challenging letter to read but also one of the...
Demons
People today cannot just disagree they feel they have to demonize their adversary as being in “league with Satan” as they caricature their stance. Often these ad hominem attacks reflect more the...
Prayer
“Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Is this really our experience? I am sure that all of us have had the experience of asking for...