God’s will for humans—and for all creation—is to exercise an agency of co-creation: to bring about on earth a greater fullness.

We understand how our own hands are so important in expressing our love and care for one another—a touch, a protective hold. That image also tells us about God.

Opening ourselves to this fierce love through prayer, and then acting out of it—personally and in our public policies—is the only pathway to peace.

At both the personal and transpersonal levels, I experience an unceasing process of birth-death-rebirth. This paradoxical dynamic is insinuated into every aspect of our contemporary world.

There are times when the interior journey is impeded by the refusal or inability to make an external journey.

Scenes from the life of Joseph give us a glimpse of the virtues of this laborer and upstanding Jewish man, the carpenter who will build something beautiful for the God of his forefathers.

Though we may not all formally profess to follow Francis of Assisi’s way of life, we can all cultivate Franciscan hearts.

Ordinary things—house, community, work, and family—involve our efforts but all are ultimately gifts of God.

Central to Franciscan spirituality is this: God is love.