13 Feb 2025 The Triumph of the Syrophoenician Woman February 13, 2025 MFVA Friars Homily, Reflection Articles Today’s Gospel reading for Mass (Mark 7:24-30) can be very challenging for the casual listener to he...Read More
24 Dec 2024 The Dawn from on High Has Shone Upon Us December 24, 2024 MFVA Friars Advent, Christmas, Homily Articles We have finally reached the last day of Advent, and the Christmas celebration is upon us. The Church...Read More
1 Nov 2024 The Saints Embody the Beatitudes November 1, 2024 MFVA Friars Feast Day, Homily, Reflection, Saints Articles 1 Today the Church celebrates the solemnity of All Saints, when we remember not only the saints who ha...Read More
24 Oct 2024 Is the Prince of Peace a Source of Division? October 24, 2024 MFVA Friars Homily, Reflection Articles Today’s Gospel reading for Mass (Luke 12:49-53) can easily be misunderstood if the reader does not e...Read More
27 Sep 2024 The Effects of God’s Grace in St. Vincent de Paul September 27, 2024 MFVA Friars Feast Day, Homily, Saints Articles Today we celebrate the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, a French priest who lived from the late 16th ce...Read More
12 Sep 2024 Honoring the Holy Name of Mary September 12, 2024 MFVA Friars Blessed Mother, Feast Day, Homily Articles 1 Today’s feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary has an interesting background and history. The feast was...Read More
4 Sep 2024 Preserving the Unity of the Spirit September 4, 2024 MFVA Friars Homily Articles 1 In the first reading for Mass today from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (cf. 1 Cor. 3:1-9),...Read More
10 Jul 2024 Saint Maria Goretti’s Holy Words July 10, 2024 MFVA Friars Homily, Reflection, Saints Articles 2 “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but, if it...Read More
7 Apr 2023 The Absurdity of Good Friday April 7, 2023 MFVA Friars Holy Week, Homily, Reflection Articles 2 Let’s imagine for a moment that we are commemorating this day of the Lord’s Passion and Death, not a...Read More
17 Feb 2023 The Tower of Babel and the Way of the Cross February 17, 2023 MFVA Friars Homily, Reflection, Suffering Articles 2 The readings for Mass today present us with two paths that we might take to reach heaven: the way of...Read More