Franciscan Spirit
Study & Theology: A Franciscan Feast
When I was young, Thanksgiving dinners were never held in anyone’s house. My grandmother and her sisters decided that no one’s Philadelphia row house was big enough for the entire clan. Smart women that they were, we always took over a restaurant for the meal.
Theology school was like that for me. A space apart from the usual spaces to be fed, to laugh, to argue, to hear from the oldest and the youngest.
Study & Theology: ‘Where You Lead, I Will Follow’
If I were to leave behind an epitaph, it would most certainly read, “Follow St. Francis!”
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Francis: A Natural Spiritual Genius
If our only goal is to love, there is no such thing as failure. Francis succeeded in living in this single-hearted way and thus turned all failure on its head. He even turned failure into success. This intense eagerness to ...
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Transitus, Lady Jacoba, and the Care of Baking Cookies
How we choose to commemorate this poignant transition in Francis’ life speaks volumes about our own faith.
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The Franciscan Friar Who Taught Me To Read
There’s a line from the poet Robert Lax that would always make my dear friend, Fr. Dan Riley, choke up. That line was this: “We rose and came to the field.”
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Spirituality & Sport: All in, Let Go
In this divine-soaked world, results have no bearing on who we are, which, quite literally, allows us to “play” with freedom and passion on the course of our lives.
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Spirituality & Sport: Play Like It Matters
The impetus to play is intended to help us transcend our base nature and advance humankind by the grace of God to Olympic heights.
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