The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – Palm Sunday – Fr. Christopher
Let us acclaim Him, not only with Palm branches, but by honoring one another in charity.
The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 5th Sunday in Lent – Fr. Christopher
The scribes and Pharisees were trying to trap Jesus into a choice between gentleness and righteousness, between mercy and justice.
Jubilee Year of Hope: Not To Lose Heart
A Jubilee Year is a particular year in the life of the Church to encourage the faithful to deepen their spiritual life, repenting their sins, and forgiving the sins of others—the full expression of the mercy of God. In a letter announcing the Jubilee Year of Hope, Pope Francis stated, “As pilgrims of hope, we must fan the flame of hope that has been given us and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision.” ...
The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 4th Sunday in Lent – The Prodigal Son – Fr. Christopher
Celebration is just the natural overflow of divine love—the nature of God who finds the lost and brings the dead back to life.
The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 2nd Sunday in Lent – Fr. Christopher
Today’s Gospel presents an interplay of reality and perception, between the ordinary and the transcendent.
The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 1st Sunday in Lent – Fr. Christopher
are the Paschal Mystery which make us Christians. Our faith stands on the conviction that the cross and resurrection of Jesus has defeated the devil and has inaugurated the ultimate defeat of evil.
The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Fr. Christopher
The massive difference between a splinter and a plank suggests that the fault we complain of in others can be very small compared to the fault in ourselves that we refuse to see.
The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Fr. Christopher
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” Mercy, as Jesus presents it, is not optional but the hallmark of being a child of God.
The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Fr. Christopher
In the biblical tradition, being “blessed” does not speak of a moral attitude to be adopted. Rather, in the tradition of our ancestors in the faith, the declaration of a person as “blessed” is in view of a coming action of God.
The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Fr. Christopher
The purpose of hearing the Word is to be “caught” by it, to have it illumine the mind and inspire the will so that it changes one’s thinking and acting.