Franciscan Spirit Blog

St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony, Help Me Find…Beauty

St. Anthony of Padua, that Hammer of Heretics, serves as a model to me that I am to preach against any dualism within myself that blocks an openness to beauty.
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Honoring the Sabbath, Honoring Creation

So it is that the Sabbath, if practiced well, is no refuge from our everyday lives, but a reorientation that should come to permeate them.
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Lent with Richard Rohr: True Unity and False Unity

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent | Readings: Ezekiel 37:21-28; John 11:45-56 REFLECTION Your browser does not support the audio element. Download the audio here
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Lent with Richard Rohr: Experience Is Always Non-Dual

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent | Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13; John 10:31-42
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Lent with Richard Rohr: All Glory Is Reflected Glory

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent | Readings: Genesis 17:3-9; John 8:51-59
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Lent with Richard Rohr: A Prior State of Hostility Will Distort Everything

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent | Readings: Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92; John 8:31-42 REFLECTION Your browser does not support the audio element. Download the audio here
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Lent with Richard Rohr: Spiritual Vaccination

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent | Readings: Numbers 21:4-9; John 8:21-30
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