Prayer for Broken Hearts
Christopher Heffron
May 5, 2026
It’s often when we feel most abandoned that God is closest to us. We get in the way of that union, but God knows are steps before we make them.
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Christopher Heffron
Christopher Heffron is the editorial director at Franciscan Media.
Easter People
Christopher Heffron
April 2, 2026
What I love about Pope Francis and this jubilee year that we are in is that it shows, yet again, how vigilant he is about the world’s woes.
When Pride Leads to Humility
Christopher Heffron
March 28, 2026
Arrogance and self-promotion are very human, which means we all have fallen into those traps. But humility is the path we should be on.
Saint Christopher: In Service to God
Christopher Heffron
March 27, 2026
This saint reminds us that, in our own way, we carry Christ on our shoulders and in our hearts across mighty rivers.
Saint Anthony, Teacher
Christopher Heffron
March 20, 2026
Saint Anthony helped to put Francis’ vision into motion.
St. Francis and the Body of Christ
Christopher Heffron
March 12, 2026
Thomas of Celano, an early friar and author of three hagiographies of Francis, wrote that the saint “burned with a love that came from his whole being for the sacrament of the Lord’s body.”
Restless Hearts Fixed on God
Christopher Heffron
March 5, 2026
I spend my last night of my pilgrimage to Italy on the balcony of my hotel room drinking wine and looking up at a heavy sky.