Inspiration

Franciscan Inspirations: How Big Is God?

Jim Van Vurst, OFM May 15, 2020

It sounds like a strange question to ask because, by definition, God is infinite.

woman covering her face | Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Franciscan Inspirations: Hiding from God

Jeremy Harrington, OFM May 15, 2020

We humans know the temptation of following our own plans, even when they are contrary to God’s.

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

Robert Ellsberg May 15, 2020

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

Angels on the Battlefield: Civil War Sisters

Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD May 15, 2020

150 years after Gettysburg, we remember 16 Catholic sisters who ministered to Civil War soldiers.

Franciscan Inspirations: Mary at the Cross

Jim Van Vurst, OFM May 13, 2020

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.

Pontius Pilot and Jesus | Photo by Francesco Alberti on Unsplash

Franciscan Inspirations: Power Failures

Jim Van Vurst, OFM May 13, 2020

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.

man with a jar of light | Photo by Kyle Wong on Unsplash

Franciscan Inspirations: Don’t Think Little of Yourself!

Jeremy Harrington, OFM May 13, 2020

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.