Franciscan Spirit

Live the Eucharist: A Reflection for Epiphany

Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi January 6, 2020

We are still joyfully celebrating the Christmas season even as we begin a new year and a new month. And the Christmas season, in all its mystery and joy, is a wonderful time to ponder this most fundamental dimension of our faith—the blessed Eucharist—the “source and summit” of our lives as Christians. It is, after all, the life of Christ that we celebrate and consume in the Blessed Sacrament.

Advent with Richard Rohr: December 25

Richard Rohr, OFM December 25, 2019

And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. —John 1:14

Advent with Richard Rohr: December 24

Richard Rohr, OFM December 24, 2019

Go and tell my servant David…“Are you the one to build me a house to live in?”… I took you from the pasture,…I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; ...

Advent with Richard Rohr: December 23

Richard Rohr, OFM December 23, 2019

For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap;…he will purify the descendants of Levi…. Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts ...

Advent with Richard Rohr: December 22

Richard Rohr, OFM December 22, 2019

…[God] has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. —Luke ...