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Christmas truly is a beautiful and holy day. Still, like all things in our spiritual life, it’s part of a continuum. Advent fades out as Christmas grows brighter.
In Luke 1:26–38, the angel Gabriel visits Mary. Before delivering the news that she would become pregnant, Gabriel prefaces the message by saying, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.”
Though you may not envision yourself as a prophet or evangelizer, you might not realize the ways you are actually spreading the gospel.
Inspired by Franciscan spirituality, a friar and photographer in Mexico trains his camera on the world around him.
I am a white American male with a college degree and a career, and I was blessed to be raised in a loving, Catholic home by parents who valued education, hard work, and faith.
Long associated as a symbol of respite, shelter, and nourishment, an oasis serves as a spiritual metaphor as well as a place of spiritual rejuvenation. With that symbol in mind and energized with the Franciscan spirit, Brother David Buer, OFM, has spent decades working to provide refuge and resources to those in need in the American Southwest.
His path to becoming a Franciscan and living a life of service has roots in a clear understanding of what it means to be an outsider in our society.
We humans tend to compartmentalize just about every aspect of our lives, from what we do in mundane daily rituals to how we engage with entire holy seasons. There’s comfort in routine, to be certain. The cycle of holidays, holy days, and commemorative months provides us with a kind of rhythm in an often offbeat world. This month, for example, we mark the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday on February 26, we celebrate love in all its forms on Valentine’s Day, and we honor the contributions and legacy of African Americans all month long.
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