Franciscan Spirit
Lent with the Saints: Ignatius of Loyola
Wisdom 2:1a, 12–22; Psalm 34:17–18, 19–20, 21, 23; John 7:1–2, 10, 25–30
“You know me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and you do not know him. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me” (John 7:28–29). These words are from today’s Gospel of John, as Jesus, threatened by his enemies, nevertheless comes to the Temple in Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles. He begins to teach openly about who he is. His words challenge those who would claim intimacy with God but are in fact far from it.
Lent with the Saints: Anthony of Padua
Exodus 32:7–14; Psalm 106:19–20, 21–22, 23; John 5:31–47 Before he became the “go-to” saint for finding lost objects, St. Anthony of Padua had another nickname: “The Hammer of Heretics.”
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Lent with the Saints: Gianna Beretta Molla
Gianna’s priority, even as the pregnancy threatened her own life, was the life of her child.
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Lent with the Saints: Ezekiel
When there are people to be baptized in my parish during Lent, the whole season takes on a different character.
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Lent with the Saints: John the Evangelist
The Gospel, in its simplest terms, shows us how Jesus has come to reveal the Father.
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Lent with the Saints: Paul
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.
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Lent with the Saints: Martin de Porres
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 ...
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