Holy, Wholly Healthy: When Your Suffering Can’t Be Seen
Karen Zielinski, OSF
October 27, 2023
When we do not see someone’s symptoms, we might assume that the person is not suffering.
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Saint Francis Novena | Day Three: Freedom
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 27, 2023
Everyone wants greater freedom, right? But what kind of freedom: to dominate and impose one’s will?
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Saint Francis Novena | Day Two: Forgiveness
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 26, 2023
Saint Francis was very attentive to the needs of the world around him, including what his native city required.
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Saint Francis Novena | Day One: Conversion
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 25, 2023
Francis was one of most free people who has ever lived—internally free, that is.
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Becoming Radically Open
Casey Cole, OFM
September 22, 2023
If I’ve learned anything as a friar, it is that being a Christian means leaving behind everything and being totally fine with accepting whatever God gives me—big or small, happy or painful.
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Holy Mary: Model of Patience
Murray Bodo, OFM
September 12, 2023
“Be it done to me according to your word.” So it was for Mary, so it can be for us who wait in silent prayer seemingly unable to do anything to change our circumstances.
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9/11: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Franciscan Media
September 11, 2023
Three writers reflect on the anniversary of 9/11.
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