Learning from the Lord’s Prayer
Bruce Epperly
April 25, 2024
Francis placed the Lord’s Prayer, the Our Father, at the center of community life.
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Finding Paradise
Franciscan Media
February 28, 2018
Paradise is not found on the beaches of a Caribbean island or in some mythic garden from the book of Genesis. Paradise is where God’s will is done. It is the very reality of our existence with God without the ...
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Pope Francis: A Model of Mercy
Franciscan Media
February 26, 2018
One of the phrases most likely to be associated with Pope Francis is “Who am I to judge?” It’s a phrase that he has taken to heart. It is an openness to the mercy of God not only for oneself ...
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God Forgives the Maximum
Franciscan Media
February 20, 2018
In the Our Father we say: “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” This is an equation. If you are not capable of forgiveness, how can God forgive you? The Lord wants to forgive you, but he cannot ...
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To Everything a Season
Franciscan Media
February 13, 2018
Saint Bridget of Sweden longed from an early age to become a nun. But she was obedient to her prominent family’s desire that she marry a prince. Their marriage was happy and produced eight children (including one, Catherine, who would ...
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We Are Made in God's Image
Franciscan Media
February 12, 2018
To be a human creature, a person that somehow bears the image of God, means that love is properly at our core. When we move in proper relation to the world we move with affection. And it is this affection ...
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I Found Him in the Shining of the Stars
Franciscan Media
February 11, 2018
Lift up your eyes and see who made the stars. Her son the priest will not be buried with his brother and parents, but will someday sleep with his brother priests in a field with a low stone wall, along ...
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