Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary
Murray Bodo, OFM
April 24, 2021
As Mary grew older, what would she have thought about her role in the story of our faith tradition? A Franciscan writer imagines just that.
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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.
The Crib and the Cross
Murray Bodo, OFM
December 29, 2020
St. Francis saw the connection between the crib and the cross.
Notes from a Friar: The Core Teachings of St. Francis
Murray Bodo, OFM
August 3, 2020
The bedrock of St. Francis’ ministry is the foundation under which his brothers walk today.
Friar Alessandro’s Joyful Voice
Murray Bodo, OFM
May 14, 2020
This humble friar from Assisi has become
a worldwide singing sensation.
Saint Francis and the Crib
Murray Bodo, OFM
May 10, 2020
Christmas was 15 days away. Saint Francis was staying at a hermitage at Fonte Columbo.
Mary: Mother of Mystics
Murray Bodo, OFM
May 2, 2020
Mary’s life, like that of her son, will be a living out of her own canticle.
No Dream Is Perfect
Murray Bodo, OFM
April 30, 2020
No dream is perfect, no way the only way, no direction irreversible by God, whose way is the way of reversal, as Mary’s son soon will make clear when he leaves her and Joseph in the lurch at the age of twelve and does not accompany them home to Nazareth from Jerusalem. So Mary makes her way back to Jerusalem, where she and Joseph search anxiously among the crowds there for Passover, looking for their lost son. However, as they soon discover, he is not lost. He has, at twelve years of age, found himself. They find him in the temple teaching.
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