Franciscan Spirit

Christ crucified | Photo by Christian GAFENESCH on Unsplash

Lent with Father Casey Cole: Filling a Hungry Heart

Chinese food is one of the many gifts from God on this earth. Cheap, easily accessible, usually sold in enormous quantities, and basically uniform in quality across the country.

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thorn tree | Photo by Andrey Grinkevich on Unsplash

Lent: More Than Penance

To think of Lent only as a time of penance is to do it an injustice.
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The Healing of the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Father Don Miller, OFM, unpacks the Sacrament of Reconciliation and how it can unite us with God's grace.
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Lent with Father Casey Cole: Death

My grandmother lived a very long, full life. In the 91 years before she died, she raised a family of 10 children—her crown jewel—who then produced her 28 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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God’s Gift: The Ten Commandments

In 1988, Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, a multimillionaire, and a man of strong opinions, addressed the National Press Association in Atlanta about the Ten Commandments...
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Cross of Christ | Photo by Chris Barker on Unsplash

Lent with Father Casey Cole: Keep Going

“I’ve made it.” In a moment of self-reflection, have you ever looked around at your life—all that you’ve done, all that you have, and all that the future holds—and realized that you were on a mountain?
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St. Joseph: A Man to Emulate

Why do we make such a big deal out of the feast of someone we know so very little about?
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