Channeling God’s Goodness
Murray Bodo, OFM
November 28, 2023
Sometimes, we might feel a sort of separateness from God, as if God is far away, up in heaven, or just not here in our world in our daily life.
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Murray Bodo, OFM
Murray Bodo, OFM, is a Franciscan priest and a member of the Franciscan Academy. An award-winning author of many books, including Francis: The Journey and the Dream, Surrounded by Love: Seven Teachings of Saint Francis, and Nourishing Love: A Franciscan Celebration of Mary, he writes and lectures on Franciscan spirituality. As an internationally known poet, Fr. Bodo has participated in poetry readings in Europe and the United States. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Making Beautiful What Violence Deforms
Murray Bodo, OFM
October 26, 2023
Francis sees peace and peacemaking as a way to make beautiful what war and violence have deformed.
Reverence for Everything
Murray Bodo, OFM
October 25, 2023
Crossing borders and overcoming barriers, if done with love, also brings a new vision of reality that enables us to have reverence for everything that is.
Justice Is the Path to Peace
Murray Bodo, OFM
October 24, 2023
In all creatures God is revealed to us: the beauty, the grandeur, the infinite variety, the individuality, and the mystery. That is what St. Francis saw and what he teaches us.
Holy Mary: Model of Patience
Murray Bodo, OFM
September 12, 2023
“Be it done to me according to your word.” So it was for Mary, so it can be for us who wait in silent prayer seemingly unable to do anything to change our circumstances.
The Prayer of St. Francis: My God and My All!
Murray Bodo, OFM
September 8, 2023
Francis of Assisi led by example. His early brothers couldn’t help but follow.
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