Carlo Acutis and the Gift of Presence
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Often attributed to John Lennon, this quote from American journalist Allen Saunders speaks to me especially this week of April 21, 2025, as I write this piece...
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An Advent Message from Father Mark
Despite the year we've had, we at Franciscan Media live in hope. Father Mark Soehner, OFM, explains.
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3 Questions about the Incarnation
One of the great mysteries of our faith is how it was possible that God, infinite and all good, could come down upon this earth and become human like us.
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St. Francis Makes Bethlehem Real
I know that the Jesus being born with no fanfare in a cave to a young mother seems almost too wonderful to be true—but it is.
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Born in a Barn
Like every family—like the human family—all of them are a little wounded. We are a little chipped or cracked, held together and shored up by those who care for us, but we all journey to Bethlehem hoping for healing.
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Advent Is Always
The suffering, injustice, and devastation on this planet are too great now to settle for any infantile gospel or any infantile Jesus.
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The Two Popes: A Film for Our Divided Age
There is a lot of talk these days about unity. Some of it is legit. Some of it is more of a cop-out—a reaction to feeling uncomfortable with tension, which is core to progress.
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