Franciscan Spirit Blog

St. Anthony, Help Me Find…Beauty

Stephen Copeland June 13, 2025

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.

Man walking | Photo by Jeremy Perkins on Unsplash

Our Relationship with God

Jovian Weigel, OFM August 30, 2023

Each one of us is embraced with God’s love. This union is not dependent on whether we worship God or even know God exists.

Train on a bridge | Photo by Jack Anstey on Unsplash

Journeying toward God

Murray Bodo, OFM August 28, 2023

There are times when the interior journey is impeded by the refusal or inability to make an external journey.

People in Raeford, N.C., pray after viewing the body of George Floyd June 6, 2020. Demonstrations continue after a white police officer in Minnesota was caught on a bystander's video May 25 pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, an African American, who was later pronounced dead at a hospital.(CNS photo/Jonathan Drake, Reuters) See FLOYD-PROTESTS-HOMILIES-ROUNDUP June 8, 2020.

Let Us Pray: Defiantly Catholic

Deacon Art Miller August 25, 2023

Our Church is God’s Church, and we belong to God. Church is the place we go to nurture our faith. It is where we go to be community.

woman enjoying the sunrise | Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash

Let Us Pray: ‘Seek First the Kingdom’

Al Mascia, OFM August 23, 2023

For St. Francis of Assisi, the impetus for prayer was everywhere around him.

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood: photo/black-audio-tapes-in-close-up-view

Let Us Pray: Music As Prayer

Christopher Heffron August 22, 2023

Music takes me back, holds me in the moment, and inspires hope for the future—all at once.

Newborn baby sleeping | Photo by Zoe Graham on Unsplash

Let Us Pray: Endless Love

Deacon Art Miller August 21, 2023

God opened a door deep within me, from a place I had never experienced or even understood existed.

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