Become Your True Self
Monsignor Frank Bognanno
August 23, 2023
To know the deepest, most truthful realities about myself, I must come to know and be loved by my loving Creator.
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Monsignor Frank Bognanno
Monsignor Frank Bognanno, a retired priest in the Diocese of Des Moines, has faithfully served the Church for fifty-six years. He is the founder of the Emmaus Spirituality Program for Priests, author of Contemplating Priestly Spirituality, and host of weekly programs for EWTN (1981-1990). He is chaplain for Des Moines Legatus and for the Knights of Malta and a member of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. He also serves as the spiritual director of the biennial Christ Our Life Catholic International Conference.
Rise Up!
Monsignor Frank Bognanno
August 22, 2023
Holiness does not consist in so rising above failings that we never fail. Rather with each failure, we rise up, ask forgiveness of God and others, and maintain our peace of heart.
Lasting Fruit
Monsignor Frank Bognanno
August 21, 2023
God not only guarantees good, nourishing fruit from our labors, but fruit that, by his power, will last and nourish others in the years ahead.
Good to Great
Monsignor Frank Bognanno
August 20, 2023
We are all created not just to be good but to be great! We were created by our great God and destined to be great.
The Unsearchable Ways of God
Monsignor Frank Bognanno
August 19, 2023
Let God surprise you! Accept the new thing he wants to do in your life.
Find Strength in God
Monsignor Frank Bognanno
July 28, 2023
Start each morning and end each evening with a prayer of trust in the Father’s love.
Small Things Are Important
Monsignor Frank Bognanno
July 27, 2023
“The mustard seed is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs…”—Matthew 13:32