Inspiration

Saint Francis Novena | Day Four: Humility

Living honestly before God always carries over into living honestly with other people and in one’s own eyes.

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Saint Francis Novena | Day Three: Freedom

Everyone wants greater freedom, right? But what kind of freedom: to dominate and impose one’s will?
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Saint Francis Novena | Day Two: Forgiveness

Saint Francis was very attentive to the needs of the world around him, including what his native city required.
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Franciscan friar at the UN

The Justice Lobby: Franciscans International 

For over three decades, Franciscans International has been giving the poor and oppressed a seat at the table  at the United Nations. 
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Saint Francis Novena | Day One: Conversion

Francis was one of most free people who has ever lived—internally free, that is.
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Father Casey Cole, OFM

Becoming Radically Open

If I’ve learned anything as a friar, it is that being a Christian means leaving behind everything and being totally fine with accepting whatever God gives me—big or small, happy or painful.
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9/11 retrospective

9/11: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Three writers reflect on the anniversary of 9/11.
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