Franciscan Spirit

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Pause and Pray

Family, career ambition, the search for joy or wellness or meaning—all noble pursuits. But unless they are built on a foundation of prayer, how strong is that foundation?

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Wheat fields in the sunset

The Fruits of Our Labors

We may never see the fruits of our labors. We won’t know how a word or a kindness affects another person. But if we plant the first seed, then God can pour forth an abundant harvest.
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Saints of September

Here are a handful of saints we celebrate in the month of September.
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Our Relationship with God

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.
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Journeying toward God

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

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.
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Let Us Pray: ‘Seek First the Kingdom’

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