Love Abounds and Astounds
Maureen O'Brien
September 28, 2026
We return over and over to the same place, a connection to the unswerving, the unchanging: God.
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Maureen O'Brien's most recent book with Franciscan Media reflects on the miracle of the loaves and fishes, finding hope and healing in today's broken world. "Gather the Fragments: My Year of Finding God’s Love" is now available wherever audiobooks are sold. Narrated by the author, this offering of spiritual accompaniment can be found at maureenobrienwriter.com.
O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Maureen O'Brien
September 17, 2026
Today, ponder these uplifting lyrics: “O, the deep, deep love of Jesus/Vast unmeasured, boundless, free/Rolling as a mighty ocean/in its fullness over me.”
Nothing Can Separate Us
Maureen O'Brien
September 1, 2026
Today, reflect on the incredible power of the words from Romans 8:38–39.
A Circle Whose Center Is Everywhere
Maureen O'Brien
August 26, 2026
There is a quote attributed to St. Bonaventure that is worth pondering, again and again: “God is a circle whose center is everywhere, and whose circumference is nowhere.”
Open 24/7
Maureen O'Brien
August 20, 2026
At St. Edmund’s Retreat on Enders Island, on Long Island Sound, the sea-facing Chapel of Our Lady of Assumption is open 24/7. How rare it is, in these current times, to find a church that provides constant refuge.
Slippers and Stigmata
Maureen O'Brien
August 7, 2026
Reflect In Light of Assisi: The Story of Saint Clare, Margaret Carney, OSF writes of when St. Francis went to San Damiano seeking aid for
Precious Porziuncola
Maureen O'Brien
August 4, 2026
Reflect The Porziuncola, the breathtaking little chapel within St. Mary of the Angels is Assisi, is one of the utmost places that holds the spirit