by Fr Mark Soehner OFM | Mar 28, 2018 | Friar Voices
BY FR. MARK SOEHNER, OFM Last Saturday Lt.-Col. Arnaud Beltram, 44, a French police officer, voluntarily took the place of a female hostage in a terror attack in a supermarket in Trebes, France. He was hoping to motivate the ISIS inspired gunman to end his standoff...
by Fr Bryant Hausfeld OFM | Mar 22, 2018 | Friar Voices
22 MAR, 2018 Fr. Bryant Hausfeld, OFM I really like preaching Easter better than Christmas. My theme most of the time at Easter is God’s love for us, that he would send his own son, that he had to be rejected and treated as cruelly as people get toward one another –...
by Fr Mike Lenz OFM | Mar 22, 2018 | Friar Voices
22 MAR, 2018 Fr. Mike Lenz, OFM For the homily I will use the one I do every year, with some changes, going over the meaning of the Sacred Triduum briefly since many of the people will not have been to church for those services. In the Byzantine Divine Liturgy, I...
by Fr Blane Grein OFM | Mar 22, 2018 | Friar Voices
22 MAR, 2018 Fr. Blane Grein, OFM One image you can bring in for Easter is the idea that things lose their leaves in the winter, and when the snow clears you see crocuses and daffodils coming to life. That image of new life is very clear and everybody knows what...
by Fr Robert Seay OFM | Mar 22, 2018 | Friar Voices
22 MAR, 2018 Fr. Robert Seay, OFM My style of preaching is very unconventional. I do have some notes; I come across themes and look at other things, maybe find some inspiration from the Internet. I take it from what’s happening in the world. When I preach I give a lot...
