Open the Door to Joy
Maureen O'Brien
May 14, 2025
How has your life been influenced by suggestions from people from your own faith community? Can you practice one of those suggestions today?
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Maureen O'Brien
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.
Outgoing Calls
Maureen O'Brien
May 2, 2025
Sometimes we forget to reach out to those we care about. Make that call today. Trust that the spirit will guide you to say the exact right thing.
Defining Prayer Anew
Maureen O'Brien
April 25, 2025
And though you believe you hold no hope, you just bought three pears and are waiting for them to ripen in the bowl.
The Incredible Procession
Maureen O'Brien
April 18, 2025
Good Friday is the most holy of days: The Veneration of the Cross is stark and sorrowful, yet so full of pure adoration from ordinary people.
Hushed Mother Love
Maureen O'Brien
March 28, 2025
Marian apparitions bring us so much guidance, beauty, and sustenance. The apparition of Our Lady of Knock, Ireland, is the only apparition where not a word was spoken by the Blessed Mother.
Animus Christi
Maureen O'Brien
March 18, 2025
Sometimes the world feels so chaotic, abrasive, everything exploding, even trashed. In these times, the simplest of phrases can be the most grounding—like Animus Christi, the soul of Christ.
This Tabernacle
Maureen O'Brien
February 9, 2025
The word tabernacle, a word found in Scripture, isn’t one we use every day. Yet it has beautiful music to it, and a cherished meaning for us as follows of Christ.