Franciscan Spirit Blog

Holy, Wholly Healthy: When Your Suffering Can’t Be Seen

When we do not see someone’s symptoms, we might assume that the person is not suffering.
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Our Song: The Apostles’ Creed

Everything God has done for us has been done out of love.
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St. Katharine Drexel

Five Women of Faith: St. Katharine Drexel

The tale of American saint Katharine Drexel is a Cinderella story in reverse.
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord

We can experience God in a most fundamental way—through the example of a child at play.  
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The Paradox of Franciscan Spirituality

St. Francis wanted us to stay close to the cracks in the social fabric, and not to ensconce ourselves at the safe, even churchy, center.
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Notes from a Friar: The Book of Proverbs

The Book of Proverbs, which was written about 400 years before the birth of Jesus, covers only 32 pages in the Bible.
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St. Clare of Assisi

Five Women of Faith: St. Clare of Assisi

Within each of us is the potential to be a light focusing attention on God’s presence in our world. St. Clare of Assisi’s life reveals just how much light she shed.
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