October 13, 2023
Live in the Mystery
Franciscan prayer, lived to its full, is to set the human heart on fire
St. Francis’ Prayer for Courteous Fire
Reflect “My brother fire . . . be kind to me in this hour, be courteous!”—St. Francis of Assisi Over time, St. Francis’s eyes began to weaken and doctors advised a cauterization—a deliberate burning of the eyes—with hopes of a ...
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Sharing the Word for October 13, 2023
Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time October 13, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2 The prophecies of Joel seem to have been proclaimed about 400 B.C., after the reforms of Ezra and Nehemiah. There had been ...
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Seeking Balance in a Crisis
When Scripture encourages us to “fear not,” God isn’t promising to keep us safe, just to stay with us.
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