September 2022

We Belong to You

Bond Strong September 10, 2022

God understands our needs and longs to see them fulfilled. And even when our longings are not fulfilled, God is still Lord of them. Do you think God is capable of fulfilling your longings?

Saint Thomas of Villanova

Franciscan Media September 10

Saint Thomas of Villanova was from Castile in Spain and received his surname from the town where he was raised.

Mychal Judge, OFM: Hero on 9/11

Jack Wintz, OFM September 9, 2022

We could all learn from Father Mychal Judge's unconditional and inclusive kind of love—his accepting of others as they are.

God would bend over backwards, would go to the ends of the earth, would walk through fire, would ride through a storm, would die for the sake of you. That is an inexplicable, reckless, unrepeatable love that is so mind-boggling ...

British Catholics, Pope Francis pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

OSV News September 9, 2022

Catholics in the U.K. paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death Sept. 8 and the end of a reign that lasted more than 70 years.

Saint Peter Claver

Franciscan Media September 9

A native of Spain, young Saint Peter Claver left his homeland forever in 1610, to be a missionary in the colonies of the New World. He sailed into Cartagena, and began a ministry to the slaves brought there from West ...