Cherished and Beloved
Murray Bodo, OFM
September 7, 2024
This is the Franciscan challenge in our own time: contemplative seeing, affective response, practical help, and sustained assistance.
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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.
Praise, Thanksgiving, Sorrow, and Suffering
Murray Bodo, OFM
August 15, 2024
Always it is the same: You suddenly realize that God has been there all along—that yes, God is present in your life.
Waiting Is the Hardest Part
Murray Bodo, OFM
August 14, 2024
Waiting is the most difficult part of prayer because it presupposes someone or something we are waiting for. And therefore everything is not up to us.
Listen for the Voice of God
Murray Bodo, OFM
August 13, 2024
In times of pain or anxiety or sorrow, praying might only increase the awareness of our misery and make us even more agitated or afraid.
Write Down the Word
Murray Bodo, OFM
August 12, 2024
There are times when the interior journey is impeded by the refusal or inability to make an external journey.
Your Life Is a Song
Murray Bodo, OFM
August 6, 2024
Give thanks to the Lord always, and your life will be a song.
Eyes Affixed on God
Murray Bodo, OFM
August 5, 2024
Our lives are a forgetting and a remembering. A rhythm that follows us relentlessly till death.