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Fr. Bob Struzynski, OFM, and Paul Kline offer their thoughts about Pentecost. You're invited to share your thoughts and reflections.************************READINGSActs 2: 1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there

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Mt. Irenaeus Reflections for Palm Sunday and Holy Week 2010: Voices from the Mountain and from the Valley This year, Palm Sunday arrives at a time when many friends of Mt. Irenaeus feel the acute stab of grief at the passing of our beloved brother and friend, Dan Hurley, ofm. Perhaps it is a special blessing that we have the opportunity to grieve our loss during these prayerful days

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Fr. Dan Hurley passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Read more details on the Mountain's Web site.Please leave your thoughts, prayers, condolences and reflections about Hurls here on the Mountain blog.

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Br. Kevin Kriso, OFM, and Joe Aini offer their thoughts about Ash Wednesday. You're invited to share your thoughts and reflections.************************READINGSReading I: Joel 12: 12-18Even now, says the LORD, 
return to me with your whole heart, 
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; 
Rend your hearts, not your garments, 
and return to the LORD, your God. 
For gracious and merciful is he,

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Fr. Lou McCormick, OFM, and Christine Cusick-Prellwitz offer their thoughts about Christmas. You're invited to share your thoughts and reflections.************************READINGSIs 9:1-6The people who walked in darknesshave seen a great light;upon those who dwelt in the land of glooma light has shone.You have brought them abundant joyand great rejoicing,as they rejoice before you as at the

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Fr. Bob Struzynski, OFM, and Martin Shields offer their thoughts about the beginning of Advent. You're invited to share your thoughts and reflections.************************READINGSJer 33:14-16 The days are coming, says the LORD,when I will fulfill the promiseI made to the house of Israel and Judah.In those days, in that time,I will raise up for David a just shoot ;he shall do what is right and

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Brother Joe Kotula, OFM, and Paul Kline offer their thoughts about the Feast of St. Francis. You're invited to share your thoughts and reflections.*********************READINGSSirach 50:1, 3-4, 6-7The greatest among his brethren, the glory of his people, was SIMON the priest, son of Jochanan, in whose time the house of God was renovated, in whose days the temple was reinforced. In his time the

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Br. Kevin Kriso, OFM, and Bridget Walsh share their thoughts about Easter. Please share your reflections below.*********************Easter Sunday Readings*********************By Br. Kevin Kriso, OFMA few weeks ago the SBU campus had a three hour “lockdown” drill. A simulated gunman took a class “hostage” in Plassmann Hall. The whole campus had to stay behind locked doors in darkened rooms

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Fr. Dan Riley, OFM, and Mike Fenn share their thoughts about today's Gospel, the economy and Lent. Please share your reflections below.GospelJohn 2:13-25Since the Passover of the Jews was near,Jesus went up to Jerusalem.He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,as well as the money changers seated there.He made a whip out of cordsand drove them all out of the temple area,

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Br. Joe Kotula, OFM, and Denise Null offer their thoughts about Christmas. Please share your thoughts and reflections, too.*********************Christmas Day ReadingsIsaiah 52: 7-10Hebrews 1: 1-6Gospel of John 1: 1 18*********************By Br. Joe Kotula, OFMThe readings for Christmas Day seem to move us from the story of a child being born for us to the deep message of the incarnation. God

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Chris Novak and Br. Kevin Kriso, OFM, offer their thoughts for the beginning of Advent. Please share your thoughts and reflections.*********************Reading 1 Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7You, LORD, are our father,our redeemer you are named forever.Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways,and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?Return for the sake of your servants,the tribes of your

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Fr. Dan Riley, OFM, and Mike Fenn offer their thoughts about the Feast of St. Francis. Please share your thoughts and reflections.*********************Matthew 11: 25-30At that time Jesus said in reply, "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.Yes, Father, such has been

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Paul Kline and Fr. Dan Riley, OFM, offer us the gift of their reflections for the Feast of St. Irenaeus.  *********************By Paul Kline I felt just a little anxiety when I was asked to offer a reflection marking the memorial of St. Irenaeus. Truthfully, I know very little about the life and good works of Irenaeus. I thought I might carry out some quick research in order to sound

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Fr. Bob Struzynski, OFM, and Mike Fenn offer us the gift of their reflections for Pentecost. *********************Gospel Reading On the evening of that first day of the week,when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,for fear of the Jews,Jesus came and stood in their midstand said to them, “Peace be with you.”When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.The disciples

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Mike Fenn and Fr. Dan Riley, OFM, offer us the gift of their reflections for this Holy Week. *********************By Mike FennOur sojourner group recently spent a weekend in reflection on Francis’ celebration of the Incarnation – of God coming to earth in the form of Man. We learned that Francis considered Christmas “The Feast of all Feasts” because it meant that the divine is here on Earth

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By Lou McCormick, OFMLent has been an intense spiritual experience for followers of Christ throughout the centuries. Our forty days of Lent are modeled after the forty days Jesus spent in the desert immediately after His baptism in the Jordan River. At the end of that time, Jesus was tempted by the devil. Those temptations which Jesus experienced and rejected had to do with POWER, PRESTIGE,

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Season's greetings to you all! We welcome you to take a moment to read this shared reflection from Fr. Dan Riley and Christine Cusick. Christine is a St. Bonaventure grad that has recently become active with the Franciscan Sojourners group. Feel free to share your thoughts after reading through their reflection. **************“Yet in thy dark streets Shineth,Thy everlasting Light”As we reflect on

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In the midst of Advent as we prepare for the time of Christ’s arrival, Br. Joe Kotula, OFM, and Holly Schubert offer us the gift of their reflections on reading from this 2nd Sunday of Advent.If you haven’t met Holly, she is a Bonaventure grad who spent two years living in community with the Mountain Friars. She continues her service as a youth minister in western Pennsylvania. As always please

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By Fr. Dan Riley, OFM:Mike Fenn is one of our Franciscan Sojourners and “Guardian” of this gathering of Bonaventure women and men, spouses, friends and friars. He offers us here a rich personal and timely reflection. Michael, father of three young women with his wife Julie, have been living and seeking to live even more of our Franciscan Gospel life since their St. Bonaventure University

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The following scripture passages are from the Feast of St. Francis (Oct. 4) celebration. As part of the Mt. Irenaeus Franciscan Sojourners ideal of bringing the spirit of the Mountain into our daily lives, Fr. Dan Riley, OFM, reflects on the feast day’s readings below. As is the Mountain model of praying and sharing with one another, we are welcomed to join in reflection with Fr. Dan and one

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