Inspiration

Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and its newspaper, The Catholic Worker, is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in the Staten Island borough of New York. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Dorothy Day: Model of Mercy

She provided a voice to the unheard. Pope Francis acknowledged that in his speech last September to the US Congress.

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Civil war sisters

Angels on the Battlefield: Civil War Sisters

150 years after Gettysburg, we remember 16 Catholic sisters who ministered to Civil War soldiers.
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People taking Jesus down from the cross

Franciscan Inspirations: Mary at the Cross

Both the devotion of Mary and the women witnessing Jesus’ death—and the gift of Mary as mother to us—are truths we cannot be without.
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Pontius Pilot and Jesus | Photo by Francesco Alberti on Unsplash

Franciscan Inspirations: Power Failures

One of the sure signs of maturity occurs when a young person begins to be accountable for his or her acts and decisions. It’s one of the nicest presents a young person can give his or her parents.
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man with a jar of light | Photo by Kyle Wong on Unsplash

Franciscan Inspirations: Don’t Think Little of Yourself!

I hate to see people suffer because they worry about the wrong things and misread what God thinks of them. They feel guilty for past sins—sins for which they have been forgiven.
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Notes from a Friar: Jesus Becomes a Brother to All Creatures

When the Word took on flesh in Christ, not only were human beings lifted up to a new and glorious dignity, but all other creatures were lifted up as well.
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Jesus and his apostles

Franciscan Inspirations: Jesus Chooses His 12 Apostles

Many people find Jesus’ choice of his apostles curious. Why did he choose them in the first place? A cynic might think he could have done better blindfolded. The account of Jesus’ selection of his apostles as related in the ...
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