Franciscan Spirit

Gianna’s priority, even as the pregnancy threatened her own life, was the life of her child.

When there are people to be baptized in my parish during Lent, the whole season takes on a different character.

The Gospel, in its simplest terms, shows us how Jesus has come to reveal the Father.

Old Testament readings take priority in Lent. Most of the First Readings on weekdays are from the Hebrew Scriptures; the First Reading each Sunday is chosen to recall the story of salvation.

Hosea 6:1–6; Psalm 51:3–4, 18–19, 20–21ab; Luke 18:9–14> Picture the simple Dominican brother Martin de Porres moving humbly among the sick and poor of Lima, Peru, in the seventeenth century. His work was long and arduous as he cared for ...

No list of lenten saints would be complete without Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I was fortunate enough to see her in person in June 1981.