FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTIONS

The Internal Battle for Our Souls Two contraries cannot co-exist inside the same subject. Aristotle wrote that and it seems to say the obvious, something can’t be light and dark at the same time.  However, in terms of what’s happening inside our souls it seems that contraries can indeed co-exist inside the same subject. At  Read more …

FATHER POTHIN’S REFLECTIONS

Clothed with humility and crowned with charity On this Fathers’ Day, let us thank our heavenly Father; let us also remember and learn from our fathers in faith “who were of one heart and soul” (Acts 4:32).  In the first Christian community, nourished at the Lord’s Table, united by the Holy Ghost, they shared their  Read more …

Ten lepers healed … but only one faithful!

Ten lepers healed … but only one faithful!   Father Pothin’s Reflection for September 17, 2017 Today’s Gospel reading presents us a very special story: the healing of ten lepers who approached Jesus and prayed, ”’…Master, have mercy on us’.”  Jesus, moved with pity, said to them, “Go shew yourselves unto the priests.”  And as  Read more …