Broken and Healed
Christopher Heffron
October 12, 2024
For some people, pain is a constant companion. Offer up this prayer for them today.
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Christopher Heffron
Christopher Heffron is the editorial director at Franciscan Media.
We Are Living Canticles
Christopher Heffron
October 3, 2024
We are living Canticles of God. St. Francis understood that better than anyone.
Mealtime Prayer
Christopher Heffron
September 21, 2024
Consider for a moment the many hands that made the plate of food in front of you possible.
Cathedral of Trees
Christopher Heffron
September 13, 2024
While God invites us to his house every Sunday, he can be found just as easily in a dense wood.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Christopher Heffron
August 23, 2024
Being this close to the election feels precarious—like we are at some great precipice, and my instinct is to slowly back away.
In the Light of Forever
Christopher Heffron
August 19, 2024
“Trust in dreams,” author Khalil Gibran once wrote, “for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” Can your mind embrace the concept of such a thing, where time is circular, ceaseless?
Our Universal Mother
Christopher Heffron
August 15, 2024
There is no facet of the human experience that Mary, our universal mother, cannot understand. In times of unrest—in the world or in our hearts—Our Lady is ready to help us. We need only turn to her.