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Wednesday Jan 30, 2019

The Frank Friar - Episode 148: Broken Glass: The Dangers of Belief

Wednesday Jan 30, 2019

Recently, I saw the movie #Glass. I liked it even though it was not a perfect film. One of the main elements of that film was the concept of belief. Belief plays a huge role in each person’s life. A person’s belief does not need to be rooted in a notion of God of the Christian tradition. I talk about the dangerous of belief and the life it can produce in the world. What we believe it shapes our lives. Thus, we must become a people always open to reflecting on what we say we believe.

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Monday Jan 28, 2019

The Frank Friar - Episode 147: The Dangers of Spiritual Blindness

Monday Jan 28, 2019

I am back! Sorry I was away but life happens. In the episode today, my mind is still thinking about the resent feast day in honor of the conversion of St. Paul. We can never forget that the blindness of Paul was connected to his spirit. He was spiritually blind before he became physically blind. So, in the episode I talk about blindness, docility, and conversion. I hope you enjoy it.

Wednesday Jan 16, 2019

The Frank Friar - Episode 146: Reading and Our Human Journey

Wednesday Jan 16, 2019

I am reading a book by Karen Swallow Prior called On Reading Well: Finding The Good Life through Great Books. I must tell you all I am truly enjoy this book. It is a solid recommend. I talk about its structure and goal of it in the episode today. From the intent of this book I talk about the impact reading like this book recommends has impacted my life.

Monday Jan 14, 2019

The Frank Friar - Episode 145: The Spirit and the Baptism of the Lord

Monday Jan 14, 2019

Today, I am reflecting upon the Holy Spirit during the event of the Lord’s baptism and what does that mean for the ministry of Christ. We are in the time of the Spirit, yet it seems to be at times that the Spirit is not given much thought. I hope this episode aids your relationship with the Holy Spirit.

Wednesday Jan 09, 2019

The Frank Friar - Episode 144: Learning from a Carmelite Reformer

Wednesday Jan 09, 2019

Today, is the feast day of St. Andrew Corsini, O. Carm. He was a Carmelite and a bishop in Italy in the 14^th century during the time of the plague. He was known for his reforms, charity and preaching. With everything going on in the Church during our own times, I pray that this man’s life may guide and strengthen us. Here is a link to a great article about him.

https://ocarm.org/en/content/liturgy/st-andrew-corsini-bishop-feast

Monday Jan 07, 2019

The Frank Friar - Episode 143: Becoming You: The light of the Epiphany

Monday Jan 07, 2019

In the past few days we celebrated the Saints Elizabeth Ann Seton and John Neuwmann. These two saints help to start and establish the Catholic school system in the USA. Thinking about these two folks and the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord the ability to know God and to grow into our humanity is in my heart. Today, I share some of my still stewing thoughts about the issue of becoming human in Christ and the gift we have of knowing Him in Creation.

Wednesday Jan 02, 2019

The Frank Friar - Episode 142: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Wednesday Jan 02, 2019

We are in 2019 now! Happy New Year everybody! Today, I offer you all an idea about the need to look at ourselves to gain guidance for what the Lord is calling us to this year. Resolutions are good and nice, but if they are not addressing the issues of our lives we cannot grow in union with God. Self-knowledge is a need we are all called into during our lives of discipleship. So, we all best be checking in with ourselves. (Here is my article I refer to http://www.catholicstand.com/st-john-of-the-cross-on-appetite/)

Monday Dec 31, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 141: To Parents: Help Your Kids to Put on Christ

Monday Dec 31, 2018

In the light of the Feast of the Holy Family I find myself stewing on the reading we had from the letter to the Colossians (3: 12-21). Each of us put on Christ through our baptism, but via our family we can grow into Him who we placed on. If parents don’t live and rejoice in the faith why would their children remain in the faith? Today, I talk about the work of the parents in aiding the gift of faith in the life of their children who are themselves gifts from God to their parents.

Wednesday Dec 26, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 140: Saint John and The Word

Wednesday Dec 26, 2018

St. John’s Gospel has always played an important role in my life. Today, I talk about the first few verses of his gospel. We were brought into being through the Word. In the light of the Christmas season what are we being told about God’s act of creation?

Monday Dec 24, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 139: The Permeation of the Darkness on Christmas Night

Monday Dec 24, 2018

Merry Christmas everybody! Today, I reflect upon the birth of Christ during the night. What does it mean that the Christ child came into the world at night? May we never forget that even during our darkest moments the light of Christ can always break through it.

Wednesday Dec 19, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 138: Out of the Mouth of Babes

Wednesday Dec 19, 2018

Recently, I had two experiences where children acted with such reverence I was taken aback. My mind and heart are still stewing on this moments. In the episode today, I try to covey some thoughts about these moments to you all. Remember, the Lord is always drawing us to liminal places where we can enter into a deeper relationship with Him.

Monday Dec 17, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 137: Learning from the Liturgy, A Response to a Sad Action

Monday Dec 17, 2018

My podcast episode today again returns to the topic of suicide. Recently, in my home state of Michigan, it appears a priest sad some devastating things during a funeral of a young man who committed suicide. In this episode today, I give a response to some of things that he was reported to have said. In giving a response, I turn to our liturgy as Catholics as a source and guide for our understanding. May we always remember to act with humility in relationship to what the Church teaches.

Wednesday Dec 12, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 136: A Fact About Saint John of the Cross

Wednesday Dec 12, 2018

The feast day of St. John of the Cross is Dec. 14th. To prepare ourselves for his feast day I wanted to offer you all an important fact about the early life of St. John of the Cross. I think sometimes we can lose who this man was by what he wrote. I hope the episode today helps you to appreciate and embrace St. John of the Cross more!

Monday Dec 10, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 135: Perspectives for Our Faith

Monday Dec 10, 2018

Today, I am reflecting upon the readings from the 2^nd Sunday of Advent Year C. The theme of faith is a point that struck me about all the readings for this day. Also, the 2^nd candle of the Advent wreath is now burning, which symbolizes faith. How we look at and approach the gift of faith is an important aspect about our lives as disciples. I hope the perspectives I offer you through this episode helps you.

Wednesday Dec 05, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 134: Hope and the Second Coming of Christ

Wednesday Dec 05, 2018

For the podcast today, I am reflecting on the readings we had for the 1^st Sunday of Advent. Christ is our king that has been promised to us via Jeremiah. St. Paul through his letter to the Thessalonians also teaches us how we live in the world here and now is extremely important. Finally, the Gospel which gives us the last words of Christ before he entered Jerusalem to suffer death. Thus, are readings revolve around an idea of the Second Coming of Christ. We are in a time now were we live by hope to prepare for He comes again.

Monday Dec 03, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 133: The Light of Hope

Monday Dec 03, 2018

A new liturgical year is upon us. We are now in the Advent season. One of the things I love about this time of our liturgical year is the tradition of the Advent wreath. This year what has struck me about this the first candle of the Advent wreath. The first candle of the wreath is a symbol of hope. This symbol means that each new liturgical year begins with the light of hope. Hope which guides us through the year. Today, I reflect upon this act of hope that starts our new liturgical year in the Church.

Wednesday Nov 28, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 132: Your Priest Needs You

Wednesday Nov 28, 2018

My last episode for the liturgical year! As I was preparing for this day my mind and heart kept going to the roughness for priests this past year. Today, I make a call for all laity to aid, support, and pray for your priest. I offer some concrete actions on what to do and why. Thank you for your time and please keep me in your prayers.

Monday Nov 26, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 131: The Revelation of Christ the King

Monday Nov 26, 2018

Today, I give a reflection about the feast day of Christ the King. Over the years, I find myself growing more in love with this feast. Looking at the readings for that feast I see a beautiful unfolding of the paschal mystery which helps us to understand Christ as OUR king. I offer those thoughts to you.

Wednesday Nov 21, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 130: Having a Christian Household

Wednesday Nov 21, 2018

I reflect upon an article from the November issue of First Things. The article was called Reclaiming the Household by Prof. John Cuddeback. He is a philosophy professor at Christendom College. Here is a link to his website https://baconfromacorns.com/. In this article he writes about the concept or family and the household, where they are same but where they are different. I share my personal thoughts from this article. It really is a recommend reading.

Monday Nov 19, 2018

The Frank Friar - Episode 129: Being Consecrated

Monday Nov 19, 2018

On the 33^rd Sunday of ordinary time year B we heard from the 10^th chapter of the Letter to the Hebrews. There was one word that jumped out to me: consecrated. Today, I talk about this term and the catholic being consecrated to God. May we never forget the blessing of our baptism