Inspiration

desert flower blooming

Advent with the Saints: Isaiah

Passages from Isaiah are among the most beautiful in the Bible, touching upon poetic imagery of deserts blooming, mountains lowering, and valleys filling up.

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Listen: Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

As the liturgical year winds down with the 31st week in Ordinary Time, All Souls Day on November 2nd gently preempts our usual Sunday celebration, inviting us to pause and remember the faithful departed. Far from a somber interruption, this ...
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Communion of Saints: Deepening our Relationships with Those We’ve Lost

Through the communion of saints, we all have a profound second chance: not to erase the past, but to speak love into eternity and reclaim the relationship that death could not sever...
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Spirituality and aging

A Spirituality of Aging and Letting Go

What does aging with grace mean? How do we know when our spirituality has matured? In this conversation, Fr. Ronald Rolheiser joins Off the Page to explore themes from his powerful new book, "Insane for the Light..."
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Christmas symbol of love

St. Francis and Christmas: A Celebration of Love 

You are God’s beloved. This was proven by the Incarnation and brought to life in Greccio 800 years ago. 
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Activism

A Diplomat’s Journey to Activism 

In the cutthroat world of Washington, DC, Michele Dunne climbed to the top, only to discover that true fulfillment lay not in power or prestige, but in the Franciscan path of downward mobility. 
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St. Juan Diego

Opening Our Ears to Our Lady 

Stretching from all saints’ day to the commencement of the Christmas season, this time of year brings a plethora of inspiration to our lives, even spilling over a bit in its excess like a Thanksgiving cornucopia.
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