The Frank Friar

Mother Mary Francis is a person whose writing always grabbed my heart.  Today, I talk about an insight she has in a book called  Strange Gods Before Me .  Here little insight on love I think can help us during this chaotic time we are in, which is why I wanted to share it with you all.    If you like my podcast, please subscribe to the podcast; it really helps me. You can find more of my content at my website  www.thefrankfriar.com   and my YouTube at  www.youtube.com/c/ thefrankfriar .

Love and the extended hand is the image that I talk about in the episode today.  The call to love is not an option for a Christian.  So, the Latin phrase that is the title is a means of getting to that life in and for love. If you like my podcast, please subscribe to the podcast; it really helps me. You can find more of my content at my website  www.thefrankfriar.com   and my YouTube at  www.youtube.com/c/ thefrankfriar .

My mind is stewing a lot on 1st Thessalonians 1:3. This part of the St. Paul’s letter may be the first written thoughts on faith, hope, and love. In the episode today, I wrestle with his words and their call to have these gifts shape our current Christian lives as individuals and communities. If you like my podcast, please subscribe to the podcast; it really helps me. You can find more of my content at my website  www.thefrankfriar.com   and my YouTube at  www.youtube.com/c/ thefrankfriar .

The episode today comes out of my prayers over our reading from the Prophet Isaiah this past Sunday (29th Sunday in Ordinary time).  Our God is the Lord of All is an aspect of our faith that keeps us from being consumed by fear. Accepting the truth about our God being the Lord of all is the focus of my chat with you today.   If you like my podcast, please subscribe to the podcast; it really helps me. You can find more of my content at my website  www.thefrankfriar.com   and my YouTube at  www.youtube.com/c/ thefrankfriar .

Our Gospel from the past weekend speaks about the need for a wedding garment. What is meant by it? Why Didn’t the person in the parable have it? These are things I talk about in the episode today. If you like my podcast, please subscribe to the podcast; it really helps me. You can find more of my content at my website www.thefrankfriar.com   and my YouTube at  www.youtube.com/c/ thefrankfriar

Psalm 23 is one I believe we are all familiar with, whether in word and/or images. God is our Shepherd, but when we come too familiar with something, I believe we should slow down and wrestle with it to journey deeper into what it is we hold close to us. If you like my podcast, please subscribe to the podcast; it really helps me. You can find more of my content at my website www.thefrankfriar.com   and my YouTube at  www.youtube.com/c/ thefrankfriar

Today, I reflect on Matthew 21: 33-43, a gospel passage we heard from this past Sunday. I speak about two spirits (dispositions) that I see within the passage one of ownership and the other of stewardship. If you like my podcast, please make sure to subscribe to the podcast it really does help me. You can find more of my content at my website www.thefrankfriar.com  and my YouTube at  www.youtube.com/c/thefrankfriar

“Fratelli Tutti” is the newest encyclical released by our Holy Father. In the episode, I speak about the need for us to ready the document and not to merely turn toward modern-day catholic pundits for our way to understand our Holy Father. If you like my podcast, please make sure to subscribe to the podcast it really does help me. You can find more of my content at my website www.thefrankfriar.com  and my YouTube at  www.youtube.com/c/thefrankfriar