Franciscan Spirit

St. Margaret of Cortona was a thirteenth-century Italian orphaned at seven. She later lived with a man to whom she bore a son out of wedlock.

There the Lord promises a “new covenant” to the people. Once again, Jeremiah anticipates Jesus.

Teresa brought her prodigious gifts to her time. She grounded her public persona in a deep personal life.

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 ...

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.”

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