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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Seven Days with Solanus Casey: A Prophetic Friar

“Happiness in this world consists in the hopes we foster. Little children are happy in the vivid hopes that animate them.”
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Seven Days with Solanus Casey: Holy Witness to History

“Many are the rainbows, the sunbursts, the gentle breezes—and the hailstorms—we are liable to meet before, by the grace of God, we shall be able to tumble into our graves.”
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Seven Days with Solanus Casey: Relying on Mary

“The Blessed Virgin Mary! Next to Jesus Himself, and always with Him, may she ever be our refuge and our stay during this pilgrimage on earth.”
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Seven Days with Solanus Casey: Simple, Sublime Faith

“Let us thank God ahead of time for whatever He foresees is pleasing to Him, leaving everything at His divine disposal.”
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Franciscan Media: We Happy Few

We at Franciscan Media are a kind of family—a loving, lovingly dysfunctional, unit.
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Living in the Spirit of St. Francis

We are called to be healers. But we must be willing to sacrifice our privileges to be God’s partners in healing the planet.
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